Henry N. Morrill and Mary O. Cowden
Henry N. Morrill
- Born
- 24 AUG 1832[1] at Sebec, Maine
- Resided
- 1870[2] at Amesbury, Mass.
- Resided
- 1880[3] at Amesbury, Mass.
- Died
- 19 JAN 1906[4] at Amesbury, Mass.
- Married
- 29 MAY 1856[5] at Amesbury, Mass.
- Father
- John Hutchins Morrill
- Mother
- Lydia Wedgewood Page
- Also m.
- (2) Mary J. Cram
Mary O. Cowden
- Born
- 1831 at Mass.
Children
- Born
- 09 OCT 1865[6] · Amesbury, Mass.
- Died
- 04 MAY 1946[7]
- Buried
- [8] · Union Cemetery, Amesbury, Essex, Mass.
- Married
-
George O. Black — m. in Amesbury, Mass., 15 June 1887[9]
George b. ca. 1862[11].
The memorial index entry for Mary F. Morrill, buried at Union Cemetery, Amesbury, gives a birth in October 1865 and a death on 4 May 1946. It names no parents or spouse and states no place of death; the identification with this Mary rests on her name, the October 1865 birth matching her recorded birth of 9 October 1865 at Amesbury, and the burial at Amesbury, her recorded birthplace. needs independent verification: a death record or obituary for Mary F. Morrill of Amesbury, 1946, giving her place of death and naming her parents.[12]
The Amesbury marriage of 15 June 1887 names the bride’s parents as Henry N. Morrill and Mary O. Cowden, which identifies the bride as this Mary. Two later censuses conflict with it: the 1910 census lists Mary F. Morrill, 44, as single, a daughter in the household of her widowed mother Mary O. Morrill at Amesbury, and the 1940 census lists Mary F. Morrill, 74, as single and head of household at Amesbury. The marriage record names her parents and the ages fit, whereas a census marital status is a household informant’s report, so the marriage is kept and the census status is recorded as unexplained. A separation, divorce, annulment, the husband’s death or a census simplification are each possible but none has been documented; no divorce record and no death record for George O. Black have been located. needs independent verification: the 1880, 1910 and 1940 census page images for Mary F. Morrill at Amesbury, which are known only from index entries, and a divorce, annulment or death record, or a later record naming her as Mary F. (Morrill) Black.[13]