Mary Winn Abernathy

Brief Life History of Mary Winn

When Mary Winn Abernathy was born on 28 February 1818, in Howard, Missouri, United States, her father, James R Abernathy, was 23 and her mother, Jemima Winn, was 16. She married Jacob Harrison Ford on 17 January 1844, in Monroe, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Clay, Missouri, United States in 1870 and Monroe Township, Colusa, California, United States in 1880. She died on 13 January 1891, in Paris, Monroe, Missouri, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Ford Cemetery, Paris, Monroe, Missouri, United States.

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Family Time Line

Jacob Harrison Ford
1821–1908
Mary Winn Abernathy
1818–1891
Marriage: 17 January 1844
Ellen Ford
1845–1847
James Pleasant Ford
1847–1873
Davidella Ford
1848–1907
William Henry Ford
1851–1889
Mary Ford
1853–1858
Arzelia Rosannah Ford
1855–1891
Tirey Lafayette Ford Sr
1857–1928
Zerelda Thomas Ford
1860–1888
Hugh Wilson Ford
1865–1926
F. V Ford
1866–

Sources (9)

  • Mary W Ford in household of Jacob Ford, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Mary W Abernathy, "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991"
  • Find a grave for Mary Winn Ford

World Events (8)

1819 · Panic! of 1819

With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years. 

1822

Historical Boundaries 1822: Clay created from Ray and Non-County Area 7

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

Name Meaning

Scottish: habitational name from Abernethy in southeastern Perthshire. The placename is of Pictish origin, meaning ‘mouth of the river Nethy’.

History: This was the name of a cadet branch of MacDuff earls of Fife and one of the surnames of the Scots who settled in northern Ireland during the ‘plantation’ in the 17th century, and it was brought to the US as the name of a Southern plantation owner (in a different sense of the word ‘plantation’).

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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