Mary Studebaker Williams
Birth: Oct. 11, 1817
Montgomery County
Ohio, USA
Death: Nov. 15, 1892
Ontario
Nemaha County
Kansas, USA
Mary Studebaker was the first of nine children born to Daniel Miller Studebaker, Sr. and Mrs. Nancy Hoover Wyland. She was born on October 11, 1817 in Montgomery Co, OH. She married Nehemiah Williams August 2, 1837 in Elkhart Co, IN. They moved to Marshall Co, IN where their children were born. In 1855, they moved to Iowa. By 1860, they were living in Brown Co, KS. Sometime between 1865 and 1870, they moved to Holton, Jackson Co, KS. By 1875, Nehemiah and Mary were living in Wetmore, Nemaha Co, KS. The 1880 census showed Nehemiah and Mary were living with son Abraham and his family in Jackson Co, KS. Nehemiah died on February 14, 1885. After this, Mary made her home alternately with two of her daughters, Mrs. John H. Campbell (Sarah) and Mrs. Jacob Wolfley (Nancy). Mary died of heart disease on Tuesday November 15, 1892 at the home of her son-in-law, Jacob Wolfley, near Ontario, KS. She was buried on Thursday. Funeral services were held at the Straight Creek Schoolhouse.
Nehemiah and Mary were the parents of:
Catherine Williams (Whinery) b. 6/26/1838
Sarah V. Williams (Campbell) b. 2/2/1840
John W. Williams b. Abt. 1844
Abraham Theodore Williams b. 9/1847
Nancy Susan Williams (Wolfley) b. 10/16/1852
NOTE: Obituary information taken from the Nemaha County Spectator, Wetmore, KS on Friday November 25, 1892, page 4.
Family links:
Spouse:
Nehemiah Williams (1815 - 1885)
Children:
Sarah V. "Williams" Campbell (1840 - 1894)*
Nancy Susan Williams Wolfley (1852 - 1928)*
*Calculated relationship
Inscription:
Wife of Nehemiah
Burial:
Pleasant Grove Cemetery
Jackson County
Kansas, USA
Maintained by: Texan5099
Originally Created by: Larry E. Barnes
Record added: Nov 13, 2006
Find A Grave Memorial# 16640611
