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Mary C. Tapscott1,2,3

ID# 2201, (1868 - 1924)
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Parents:

FatherJohn Baker Tapscott (Dec 1835 - 24 Mar 1905)
MotherMary Aurelle Cobb (28 Nov 1844 - 4 Nov 1869)
AncestryThe Cobbs of Pawlet Vermont
Family IndexesThe Cobbs of Pawlet Vermont

Key Events:

Birth: 17 Dec 1868, Tennessee,4,5,6
Death: 7 Jun 1924, Montrose, Susquehanna Co., Pennsylvania,7,8
Burial: 10 Jun 1924, Montrose Cemetery, Montrose, Susquehanna Co., Pennsylvania,9,10
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Narrative:

Mary C. Tapscott was born on 17 Dec 1868 in TennesseeG.4,5,6
     She was known to family as Manie, or Mamie.9,11,2
     Her mother died on 4 Nov 1869, when Mary was 11 months old.12,13
     She appeared with her father, John Baker Tapscott, on the 1870 Federal Census of Clarksville, Montgomery Co., TennesseeG, in the household of Dr. Joshua Cobb and Marina Turner Bryan, her late mother's parents.14
     She appeared on the 1880 Federal Census of Clarksville, Montgomery Co., Tennessee G, in the household of her father and stepmother, Katie Andrews Pagram.15
     Mary was living with her mother's sister Sallie at 303 Main St., ClarksvilleG, as late as 1895.16 She moved in Dec 1895 with her aunt Sallie to Montrose, Susquehanna Co., PennsylvaniaG, where her late mother's sister Marina and her husband were living. They were joined by her mother's sister Virginia and her husband.17,18
     Mary appeared on the 1900 Federal Census of Montrose, Susquehanna Co., Pennsylvania G, in the household of her aunt Sallie.19 She appeared on the 1910 Federal Census of Montrose, Susquehanna Co., Pennsylvania G, in the household of her aunt Sallie.20
     Mary appeared on the 1920 Federal Census of Montrose, Susquehanna Co., Pennsylvania G, at 27 Maple St., enumerated 6 Jan 1920, rooming with Chester Watrous and his wife Katherine, a few doors down from were her aunt Sallie was boarding.21
     She was a bookkeeper, in a doctor's office in 1910, and for the Presbyterian Church in 1920.22,23,24
     Mary died on 7 Jun 1924 in Montrose, Susquehanna Co., PennsylvaniaG, at age 55.7,8 She was buried on 10 Jun 1924 in Montrose Cemetery, Montrose, Susquehanna Co., PennsylvaniaG.9,10

Citations

  1. [S626] Joshua Cobb household, 1870 U.S. Census, Montgomery Co., Tennessee, shows name as Mary C. Tapscott.
  2. [S1639] Sallie Stewart household, 1900 U.S. Census, Susquehanna Co., Pennsylvania, shows name as Mamie C. Tapscott.
  3. [S9971] Manie C. Tapscott, Certificate of Death, shows father's surname as Tapscott.
  4. [S626] Joshua Cobb household, 1870 U.S. Census, Montgomery Co., Tennessee, shows age 1 and state.
  5. [S1639] Sallie Stewart household, 1900 U.S. Census, Susquehanna Co., Pennsylvania, shows month, year, age 31 and state.
  6. [S9971] Manie C. Tapscott, Certificate of Death, shows date and state.
  7. [S9971] Manie C. Tapscott, Certificate of Death, shows date, city, county, and state.
  8. [S3323] Manie C. Tapscott tombstone, Montrose Cemetery, shows year.
  9. [S3323] Manie C. Tapscott tombstone, Montrose Cemetery.
  10. [S9971] Manie C. Tapscott, Certificate of Death, shows date, city, and state.
  11. [S3347] Jno. B. Tapscott household, 1880 U.S. Census, Montgomery Co., Tennessee, name appears to be shown as Maime Tapscott.
  12. [S3345] Mary Aurrelia Tabscott grave marker, Riverside Cemetery, shows date.
  13. [S626] Joshua Cobb household, 1870 U.S. Census, Montgomery Co., Tennessee, shows her husband and one-year-old daughter living with her father and his second wife.
  14. [S626] Joshua Cobb household, 1870 U.S. Census, Montgomery Co., Tennessee.
  15. [S3347] Jno. B. Tapscott household, 1880 U.S. Census, Montgomery Co., Tennessee.
  16. [S3324] "Clarksville, Tennessee City Directory, 1895," Ancestry.com, records for Sallie W. Stewart, Norman Stewart, and Mamie Tapscott, show address.
  17. [S3324] "Clarksville, Tennessee City Directory, 1895," Ancestry.com, records for Sallie W. Stewart and Norman Stewart, shows them both residing at 303 Main.
  18. [S3317] Norman Stewart, Naturalization Petitions for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, shows he had lived continuously in Pennsylvania since Dec 1884, or perhaps 1894. The year is unclear, but appears more like 1884. But other evidence says they were still in Clarksville until 1894 or 1895, and Bryce died in Jan 1894.
  19. [S1639] Sallie Stewart household, 1900 U.S. Census, Susquehanna Co., Pennsylvania.
  20. [S3321] Sally W. Stewart household, 1910 U.S. Census, Susquehanna Co., Pennsylvania.
  21. [S3360] Chester Watrous household, 1920 U.S. Census, Susquehanna Co., Pennsylvania.
  22. [S3321] Sally W. Stewart household, 1910 U.S. Census, Susquehanna Co., Pennsylvania, shows occupation as bookkeeper, industry as doctor's office.
  23. [S3360] Chester Watrous household, 1920 U.S. Census, Susquehanna Co., Pennsylvania, shows occupation as bookkeeper, industry as Presby. church.
  24. [S9971] Manie C. Tapscott, Certificate of Death, shows occupation as bookkeeper.

 

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