Person:Mary Lewis (276)

Mary Jane Lewis

Mary Jane Lewis was born in January 1845 in Georgia. On July 18, in the 1860 US Census, 15 year old Mary Jane Lewis is enumerated as a domestic in the home (#44) of Martha Nixon, age 88. With Mary Jane are five Lewis siblings: James 13, John H 11, Samuel 9, Josephus 6 and Thomas J 3. Next door (#43) is 47 year old Robert W. Nixon which would seem to be Martha's son and his family and on the other side of Robert is a single young 22 year old mother (#42), Eliza J Pippin, her two babies and two more Lewis female children, Francis M 17 and Arnetta 8. Francis is described as "Deformed has no arms or legs." This would indicate some tragic event between late 1857 and early 1860 in which one remaining or both Lewis parents died. This could also be a clue as to the the Lewis children's mother being a Nixon and perhaps this Martha Nixon actually being their grandmother.

Mary Jane Lewis married Daniel Wade in February 1865. 

On August 10, 1870, Mary Jane and Daniel are enumerated in the 1870 US Census of Taylor County, Florida with their children: Henry, Jimmie and Baby. Baby is thought to be Martin. On June 28 or 29, 1880, Mary Jane and Daniel are enumerated in the 1880 US Census of Taylor County, Florida with their children: Henry B., James D., Martin V.B., George W., Josephus Z.,Mary J., and T____? Thomas. On May 23, 1910, Mary Jane and Daniel are enumerated in the 1910 US Census of Lafayette County, Florida with son Martin. Two houses away, Their son T. Thomas Wade and his family are enumerated.

Mary Jane died October 3, 1926. She is buried in Wayfare Cemetery, Mayo, Lafayette County, Florida. A memorial page for her with a photo of her marker is located on the Find a Grave website.

1.   Calhoun, Florida, United States. 1860 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration Publication M693).

   Lewis
   Nixon
   Pippin

2.   Taylor, Florida, United States. 1870 U.S. Census Population Schedule. ( )
   1870.

   Wade
   McInnis

   
3.   Taylor, Florida, United States. 1880 U.S. Census Population Schedule
   1880.

   Wade
   McInnis

   
4.   Suwannee, Florida, United States. 1910 U.S. Census Population Schedule
   1910.

   Wade
   McInnis