Maria A. Tilford1,2,3

Family Chart
ID# 1930, (1813 - 1847)
FatherJohn Tilford4,5
MotherElizabeth Crumbaugh4,5 (1798 - 1858)

Key Events:

Birth: 15 Jun 18136,7,8
Marriage: 6 May 1830, Caldwell Co., Kentucky, Mathew Lyon Gracey (13 Dec 1809 - 2 Jan 1850)9,10,11
Death: 16 Nov 18476,7,12
Burial: Riverview Cemetery, Eddyville, Kentucky13

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Narrative:

     Maria A. Tilford was born on 15 Jun 1813.6,7,8
     Maria married Mathew Lyon Gracey, son of George Gracey and Mary Patton, on 6 May 1830 in Caldwell Co., Kentucky.9,10,11
     She was probably the female age 15 to 20 listed in the household of her husband, Mathew, in the 1830 Federal Census of Eddyville, Caldwell Co., Kentucky.14
     She was probably the female age 20 to 30 listed in the household of her husband, Mathew, in the 1840 Federal Census of Caldwell Co., Kentucky.15
     Maria died on 16 Nov 1847 at age 34.6,7,12 She was buried in Riverview Cemetery, Eddyville, Kentucky.13

Children:
     Children with Mathew Lyon Gracey:

  • George Tilford Gracey5 (1832 - )
  • Francis Patten Gracey5,16,17 (30 Jun 1834 - 27 Apr 1895)
  • William Robert Gracey18 (28 Feb 1836 - 11 Jan 1889)
  • Mary A. Gracey18 (3 May 1838 - 14 Nov 1899)
  • Lucy A. Gracey18 (12 Mar 1840 - )
  • Ellen C. Gracey18 (19 Mar 1842 - Apr 1865)
  • Maria Tilford Gracey4,18 (16 Dec 1843 - 18 Jan 1910)
  • Elizabeth Gracey19 (13 Jan 1845 - 15 Aug 1914)
  • Matthew Gracey Jr.20,19,16 (4 Mar 1847 - 1907)

Citations

  1. [S732] Caldwell Co. Marriage Records, loose papers, bond of Matthew Gracey and Meridith Acker, 6 May 1830, shows name as Maria Tilford.
  2. [S732] Caldwell Co. Marriage Records, loose papers, license for Matthew Gracey and Maria Tilford, 6 May 1830.
  3. [S2309] Lyon County Historical Society, Cemeteries of Lyon County, pg 281, shows name as Maria A. Gracey.
  4. [S729] Varkus, Compendium of American Genealogy, 5:164.
  5. [S1003] Hardin, "Captain James Patton, Ancestors and Descendants," pg 238.
  6. [S1003] Hardin, "Captain James Patton, Ancestors and Descendants," pg 238, shows date.
  7. [S2309] Lyon County Historical Society, Cemeteries of Lyon County, pg 281, shows date.
  8. [S1785] Mathew Gracey household, 1830 U.S. Census, Caldwell Co., Kentucky, shows only one female in the household, age between 15 and 20.
  9. [S732] Caldwell Co. Marriage Records, loose papers, bond of Matthew Gracey and Meridith Acker, 6 May 1830, shows intended to be married shortly.
  10. [S732] Caldwell Co. Marriage Records, loose papers, license for Matthew Gracey and Maria Tilford, 6 May 1830, return shows "the day of May 1830," omitting the date. Many other records in the county for this period show the ceremony the same day as the license, so I am assuming that in this case.
  11. [S1003] Hardin, "Captain James Patton, Ancestors and Descendants," pg 238, shows married about 1829-30.
  12. [S1821] Mathew Gracy household, 1850 U.S. Census, Caldwell Co., Kentucky, shows him with nine children rangeing in age from 3 to 17, but not her.
  13. [S2309] Lyon County Historical Society, Cemeteries of Lyon County, pg 281.
  14. [S1785] Mathew Gracey household, 1830 U.S. Census, Caldwell Co., Kentucky.
  15. [S786] Matthew Gracy household, 1840 U.S. Census, Caldwell Co., Kentucky.
  16. [S645] Titus, Picturesque Clarksville, pg 402.
  17. [S2101] Moore and Foster, Tennessee the Volunteer State, 3:38.
  18. [S1003] Hardin, "Captain James Patton, Ancestors and Descendants," pg 239.
  19. [S1003] Hardin, "Captain James Patton, Ancestors and Descendants," pg 241.
  20. [S944] Davis, Folk Finders, citing History of Tennessee Illustrated.