Mary Ruth Terhune1,2,3,4

Family Chart
ID# 16751, (1864 - 1948)
FatherJames B. Terhune5,6,7 (abt 27 Dec 1816 - 23 May 1893)
MotherMartha M. Cobb5,6,8 (1 Oct 1822 - 2 Aug 1901)

Key Events:

Birth: Aug 1864, Illinois9,10,11
Marriage: 15 May 1887, Jasper Co., Illinois, Henry Stewart (22 Sep 1856 - 3 May 1940)12,13
Death: 194814
Burial: Mound Cemetery, Hunt City, Jasper Co., Illinois15
ChartsDescendants of Gideon Cobb
AncestryThe Cobbs of Pawlet, Vermont

Copyright Notice

Narrative:

     Mary Ruth Terhune was born in Aug 1864 in Illinois.9,10,11
     She generally used her middle name, Ruth, even in some offical records.1,3,16
     Mary was probably one of the four females under age 10 listed in the household of her father, James B. Terhune, on the 1865 State Census of Willow Hill, Jasper Co., Illinois.17 She appeared on the 1870 Federal Census of Willow Hill, Jasper Co., Illinois, in the household of her parents, James B. Terhune and Martha M. Cobb.18
     She moved to Indiana with her parents between 1870 and 1880.7 She appeared on the 1880 Federal Census of Jackson Twp., Jackson Co., Indiana, in the household of her parents.7
     Mary married Henry Stewart, son of James Stewart and Elizabeth Jones, and younger brother of the man her sister Sophronia had married four years before, on 15 May 1887 in Jasper Co., Illinois.12,13
     Mary and Henry appeared on the 1900 Federal Census of Liberty, Jasper Co., Illinois, enumerated 4 Jun 1900, reporting they rented their home.19
     Mary and Henry appeared on the 1910 Federal Census of Willow Hill, Jasper Co., Illinois, enumerated 15 Apr 1910, reporting they owned their home, free of mortgage.20
     Mary and Henry appeared on the 1920 Federal Census of Willow Hill, Jasper Co., Illinois, enumerated 5 Jan 1920, reporting they owned their home, which was mortgaged.21
     Mary and Henry appeared on the 1930 Federal Census of Willow Hill, Jasper Co., Illinois, enumerated 12 Apr 1930, reporting they owned a home valued at $1,000, and did not own a radio. His widowed brother Orlando was listed as living with them.22
     Mary and Henry were operating a restaurant by 1930. She had retired by 1930, but he continued.23,24,25
     Mary and Henry appeared on the 1940 Federal Census of Willow Hill, Jasper Co., Illinois, enumerated 5 Apr 1940, reporting they owned a home valued at $500, and that they had lived in the same house in 1935.26
     Her husband died on 3 May 1940 in Willow Hill, Jasper Co., Illinois.27
     Mary died in 1948.14 She was buried in Mound Cemetery, Hunt City, Jasper Co., Illinois.15

Children:
     There were no children with Henry Stewart

Citations

  1. [S1152] James Terhune household, 1870 U.S. Census, Jasper Co., Illinois, shows name as Ruth Terhune.
  2. [S1543] James Terhune household, 1880 U.S. Census, Jackson Co., Indiana, shows name as Mary R. Terhune.
  3. [S3560] "Illinois, Marriages, 1815-1935," FamilySearch.org, record for Henry Stuart and Ruth Terhune, citing FHL #1312612.
  4. [S11676] Elizabeth Bruner obituary, The Daily Journal-Gazette and Commercial-Star, shows name as Mrs. Ruth Stewart.
  5. [S1166] Kennedy, "Re: The Joshua Cobb Family," e-mail to author, 29 Jan 2007.
  6. [S1152] James Terhune household, 1870 U.S. Census, Jasper Co., Illinois, shows them apparently living as parent and child.
  7. [S1543] James Terhune household, 1880 U.S. Census, Jackson Co., Indiana.
  8. [S1543] James Terhune household, 1880 U.S. Census, Jackson Co., Indiana, shows Mary as the daughter of Martha's husband.
  9. [S1152] James Terhune household, 1870 U.S. Census, Jasper Co., Illinois, shows age 6 and state.
  10. [S1543] James Terhune household, 1880 U.S. Census, Jackson Co., Indiana, shows age 15 and state.
  11. [S11713] Henry Stewart household, 1900 U.S. Census, Jasper Co., Illinois, shows month, year, age 35, and state.
  12. [S3560] "Illinois, Marriages, 1815-1935," FamilySearch.org, record for Henry Stuart and Ruth Terhune, citing FHL #1312612, shows date, county and state.
  13. [S11713] Henry Stewart household, 1900 U.S. Census, Jasper Co., Illinois, shows married 14 years.
  14. [S11674] Miller, Mound Cemetery, Jasper County, Illinois, pg 45, record for Ruth M. Stewart, shows year.
  15. [S11674] Miller, Mound Cemetery, Jasper County, Illinois, pg 45, record for Ruth M. Stewart.
  16. [S11713] Henry Stewart household, 1900 U.S. Census, Jasper Co., Illinois, shows name as Ruth Stewart.
  17. [S11679] J. B. Terhune household, 1865 Illinois State Census, Jasper Co., Illinois, Willow Hill.
  18. [S1152] James Terhune household, 1870 U.S. Census, Jasper Co., Illinois.
  19. [S11713] Henry Stewart household, 1900 U.S. Census, Jasper Co., Illinois.
  20. [S11714] Henry M. Stewart household, 1910 U.S. Census, Jasper Co., Illinois.
  21. [S11715] Henry M. Stewart household, 1920 U.S. Census, Jasper Co., Illinois.
  22. [S11716] Henry Stewart household, 1930 U.S. Census, Jasper Co., Illinois.
  23. [S11715] Henry M. Stewart household, 1920 U.S. Census, Jasper Co., Illinois, shows occupation as proprietor and industry as restaurant for both.
  24. [S3462] "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947," FamilySearch.org, record for Henry Stewart, citing cert. no. 8, shows occupation as restaurant.
  25. [S11716] Henry Stewart household, 1930 U.S. Census, Jasper Co., Illinois, shows his occupation as manager and industry as of restaurant, hers as none.
  26. [S11709] Henry Stewart household, 1940 U.S. Census, Jasper Co., Illinois.
  27. [S3462] "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947," FamilySearch.org, record for Henry Stewart, citing cert. no. 8, shows date, city, county, and state.