Mary C. Britton1,2,3

Family Chart
ID# 16023, (1840 - bef 1920)
FatherIsham H. Britton4,3 (abt 1798 - abt 1852)
MotherMary W. Toot4,5,3 (16 Mar 1804 - 4 Jun 1893)

Key Events:

Birth: Mar 1840, Halifax Co., Virginia6,7,8
Marriage: 20 Jun 1894, Halifax Co., Virginia, James E. Fallen (8 Dec 1823 - 10 Mar 1909)3,9
Death: before 1920
ChartsDescendants of David Dutt/Toot
AncestryThe Dutt/Toot Family

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Narrative:

     Mary C. Britton was born in Mar 1840 in Halifax Co., Virginia.6,7,8
     She appeared on the 1850 Federal Census of Halifax Co., Virginia, in the household of her parents, Isham H. Britton and Mary W. Toot.1,10
     Her father died about 1852, when Mary was about 10 years old.11,12
     She appeared on the 1860 Federal Census of Halifax Co., Virginia, in the household of her mother, reporting personal estate of $5000, and ownership of five slaves employed by her mother.2,13
     She appeared on the 1870 Federal Census of Roanoke, Halifax Co., Virginia, in the household of her mother.14 She appeared on the 1880 Federal Census of Roanoke, Halifax Co., Virginia, in the household of her mother.5
     Mary married James E. Fallen, son of Simpson M. Fallen and Nancy A. Fears, on 20 Jun 1894 in Halifax Co., Virginia. He was the father of the man her niece Henrietta Carrington Britton had married about 1877.3,9
     Mary and James appeared on the 1900 Federal Census of Roanoke, Halifax Co., Virginia, enumerated 27 Jun 1900, reporting they rented their home. Etta C. Britton, his granddaughter and her niece, was listed as living with them.15
     Her husband died on 10 Mar 1909.16
     Mary appeared on the 1910 Federal Census of Roanoke, Halifax Co., Virginia, in the household of Walter F. Fallen and Malissa E. Canada, her late husband's son by his prior marriage, and his wife.17
     Mary apparently died before 1920, as she is not listed with the family in the 1920 census, nor found elsewhere. But no record of her death has been found.

Children:
     There were no children with James E. Fallen

Citations

  1. [S1638] Isham H. Britton household, 1850 U.S. Census, Halifax Co., Virginia.
  2. [S1628] Mary W. Britten household, 1860 U.S. Census, Halifax Co., Virginia.
  3. [S3519] "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940," FamilySearch.org, record for Jas E Fallen and Mary C Britton, citing FHL #2048454.
  4. [S1638] Isham H. Britton household, 1850 U.S. Census, Halifax Co., Virginia, shows them apparently living as parent and child.
  5. [S1602] Mary W. Briton household, 1880 U.S. Census, Halifax Co., Virginia.
  6. [S1638] Isham H. Britton household, 1850 U.S. Census, Halifax Co., Virginia, shows age 8 and state.
  7. [S3519] "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940," FamilySearch.org, record for Jas E Fallen and Mary C Britton, citing FHL #2048454, shows age 38 at marriage 20 Jun 1894, county, and state.
  8. [S9771] James E. Fallen household, 1900 U.S. Census, Halifax Co., Virginia, shows month, year, age 60, and state.
  9. [S9771] James E. Fallen household, 1900 U.S. Census, Halifax Co., Virginia, shows married 6 years.
  10. [S1632] Isham H. Britton, owner, 1850 U.S. Census, Halifax Co., Virginia, slave schedule.
  11. [S4477] Will Books, Halifax Co., Virginia, 23:587-9, accounting of Wm E Britton, admr of Isham H. Britton decd, exor of Adam Toot, decd, 23 Aug 1852.
  12. [S1628] Mary W. Britten household, 1860 U.S. Census, Halifax Co., Virginia, does not show him, and she is shown as a farmer, with large amounts of land and personal property.
  13. [S1620] Mary W. Britton, owner, 1860 U.S. Census, Halifax Co., Virginia, slave schedule.
  14. [S1611] Mary W. Britton household, 1870 U.S. Census, Halifax Co., Virginia.
  15. [S9771] James E. Fallen household, 1900 U.S. Census, Halifax Co., Virginia.
  16. [S9556] Cemetery Census, online, cemetery no. 146, Hunting Creek Baptist Church, Halifax Co., record for Fallen, James E, shows date.
  17. [S9772] Walter F. Fallen household, 1910 U.S. Census, Halifax Co., Virginia.