Includes photo of her grave marker with the inscription: Dorothy Stewart Chinn died Feb. 19, 1864 [or 1884 as more commonly transcribed] Aged 86 years & 8 days
Her year of death is usually given as 1884, which, with a death age of 86, approximately matches her age in the 1850 census. However, the year on her gravestone looks more like 1864, and she cannot be easily found in the 1870 and 1880 censuses. Her age at death could have been exaggerated (although 15-20 years is a fairly substantial exaggeration). Her birth year implied in census records certainly changed over the years, although in the opposite direction.
