Mary Furnas1,2

F, #11977, * 12 Jan 1793, + 8 Feb 1889
FatherThomas Wilkinson Furnas1,2 * 23 Mar 1768, + 11 Oct 1846
MotherRachel Coate1,2 * 1772

Family

Phineas Jenkins * 5 Apr 1785, + 19 Nov 1840
Children
     Mary Furnas was born on 12 Jan 1793 in Newberry County, South Carolina.1,2 She married Phineas Jenkins, son of William David S. Jenkins and Mary Thompson, on 13 Jan 1811 at Monroe Township, Ohio.3,2 She died on 8 Feb 1889 in Winamac, Indiana,1,2, and was buried at Winamac.1

Other information:


She is listed in the following census:
1800 Fed. census (4 Aug): Household of Thomas Wilkinson Furnas, Newberry District, South Carolina. Mary Furnas was probably included in the Free Females under 10 years of age.4
1850 Fed. census (1 Jun): Household of Mary Jenkins, Monroe Township, Pulaski County, Indiana. Household consists of Mary and Elmira J. Jenkins, William Jenkins and Elizabeth Jenkins. Their birthplace is listed as Indiana, Elmira is 20, William 17, and Elizabeth 13.5
1870 Fed. census (1 Jun): Household of William Jenkins, (#172), Monroe Township, Pulaski County, Indiana.6
1880 Fed. census (1 Jun): Household of Mary Nimrod, (#72), Winamac Township, Pulaski County, Indiana.7

Name variants: Mary Jenkins (married name, in the census.)8

Citations

  1. [S137] Rick Jenkins, Jenkins, pg. 64.
  2. [S956] Miami Couty Biographies, John Furnas <http://www.thetroyhistoricalsociety.org/Stories/Biograph/biog-fl/8002.htm>, quoting Tanzy R. Furnas, Genealogy of the Furnas Family, 1899, pg. 11, 133., online: http://www.thetroyhistoricalsociety.org/Stories/Biograph/biograph.htm#index
  3. [S137] Rick Jenkins, Jenkins, pg. 61.
  4. [S108] Fed. Census: 1800. South Carolina, Newberry District, page 75. (NARA: M32, Roll 50, Page 75). Household of Thomas W. Furnace.
  5. [S108] Fed. Census: 1850, Indiana, Pulaski County, Monroe Township. Houshold of Mary Jenkins. "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (<https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-DZKQ-TJ5> : 9 April 2016), Indiana > Pulaski > Monroe > image 4 of 13; citing NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
  6. [S108] Fed. Census: 1870. Indiana. Pulaski County. Monroe Township. page 20, line 18-23 (NARA: M593, Roll 352, Page 487) Household of William Jenkins.
  7. [S108] Fed. Census: 1880. Indiana. Pulaski County. Winamac Township. ED 150, page 27B, line 22-25 (NARA: T9, Roll 0306, Page 277). Household of Mary Nimrod.
  8. [S108] Fed. Census: 1880. Indiana. Pulaski County. Winamac Township. ED 150, page 27B, line 22-25 (NARA: T9, Roll 0306, Page 278B) Household of Mary Nimrod.