MARY JENNY MATHEWS was married to LEMUEL T. FARMER on April 01, 1866 in Douglas, Kansas. She was the daughter of WILLIAM MATHEWS and MARTHA LASH. She was born March 28, 1848 in Bloomington, McLean Co., IL, and died April 02 1934 in Topeka, Shawnee Co., KS.
The young couple (Lemuel T. Farmer and Mary Jenny Mathews) were married April 1st, 1866 in Douglas, Kansas obviously after the end of the Civil War.
Lemuel had been enlisted at 15 years of age and had served in Company A of the 9th Cavalry Regiment, in Kansas in 1861 and served throughout the Civil War. From 1867 on, Lemuel Farmer was reported to be very ill, and was reported to have coughed up blood (Hemoptysis) from the respiratory tract. This may have been a case of T.B. (Tuburculosis) which prevailed in the United States at the time. Mary Jenny and Lemuel T. were found in the Reno, Leavenworth County, Kansas census of 1870. The census showed they had a daughter named Sallie who was born in 1867. Neither Lemuel nor Sallie show up in subsequent census tallies which were taken every ten years. It is therefore assumed that both passed away before the 1880 census.
The 1880 U.S. census that was taken in Memphis, Bourbon County, Kansas, shows Mary Jenny Farmer at 32 years of age with three children and a 19 year old nephew (Alonzo) living under her roof. In the 1900 U.S. census it shows Mary Jenny Farmer at 52 years of age, widowed twice with 6 children born, but only 5 children living.
Her children's names listed were: (The names highlighted are Mary's and Alonzo's Children)
Sallie- Deceased before 1880 (Nella R. Farmer, Born 1868)
Willie- 8 years old in 1880 (William A. Farmer, Born 1872)
Clarence- 6 years old in 1880 Clarence Farmer, Born 1874)
Alonzo- 3 years in 1880 (James Alonzo Farmer, Born 1876)
Herbert- 15 years in 1900 (Herbert E. Farmer, Born 1885)
Stella- 13 years old in 1900 (Stella M. Farmer, Born 1887)
Back in the days of the Civil War and the Times of the West, it was not uncommon for 1st cousins to later marry and have children. They were living in the Prairie, and later among the soldiers of Fort's Leavenworth, Scott and Riley. Times were tough and sometimes family were all you saw for weeks or even months at a time. My Grandmother Nina Farmer LUCKETT (who was the Daughter of William Albert, Son of Lemuel and Mary Jenny) told me a story about her Grandmother Mary Jenny who at 15 years of age, remembered the Raid on Lawrence Kansas by Quantrill. She told how she heared men and women scream as William Quantrill led 400 men in Lawrence with orders to kill every man and burn every house.
My Grandmother Nina Farmer Luckett said that Mary Jenny eventually went completely blind in her older years, living with her son, (My Great Grandfather) William Albert Farmer after the family settled a Federal Land Grant in the Territory of Torrence County, New Mexico before New Mexico became a State in 1912.
The young couple (Lemuel T. Farmer and Mary Jenny Mathews) were married April 1st, 1866 in Douglas, Kansas obviously after the end of the Civil War.
Lemuel had been enlisted at 15 years of age and had served in Company A of the 9th Cavalry Regiment, in Kansas in 1861 and served throughout the Civil War. From 1867 on, Lemuel Farmer was reported to be very ill, and was reported to have coughed up blood (Hemoptysis) from the respiratory tract. This may have been a case of T.B. (Tuburculosis) which prevailed in the United States at the time. Mary Jenny and Lemuel T. were found in the Reno, Leavenworth County, Kansas census of 1870. The census showed they had a daughter named Sallie who was born in 1867. Neither Lemuel nor Sallie show up in subsequent census tallies which were taken every ten years. It is therefore assumed that both passed away before the 1880 census.
The 1880 U.S. census that was taken in Memphis, Bourbon County, Kansas, shows Mary Jenny Farmer at 32 years of age with three children and a 19 year old nephew (Alonzo) living under her roof. In the 1900 U.S. census it shows Mary Jenny Farmer at 52 years of age, widowed twice with 6 children born, but only 5 children living.
Her children's names listed were: (The names highlighted are Mary's and Alonzo's Children)
Sallie- Deceased before 1880 (Nella R. Farmer, Born 1868)
Willie- 8 years old in 1880 (William A. Farmer, Born 1872)
Clarence- 6 years old in 1880 Clarence Farmer, Born 1874)
Alonzo- 3 years in 1880 (James Alonzo Farmer, Born 1876)
Herbert- 15 years in 1900 (Herbert E. Farmer, Born 1885)
Stella- 13 years old in 1900 (Stella M. Farmer, Born 1887)
Back in the days of the Civil War and the Times of the West, it was not uncommon for 1st cousins to later marry and have children. They were living in the Prairie, and later among the soldiers of Fort's Leavenworth, Scott and Riley. Times were tough and sometimes family were all you saw for weeks or even months at a time. My Grandmother Nina Farmer LUCKETT (who was the Daughter of William Albert, Son of Lemuel and Mary Jenny) told me a story about her Grandmother Mary Jenny who at 15 years of age, remembered the Raid on Lawrence Kansas by Quantrill. She told how she heared men and women scream as William Quantrill led 400 men in Lawrence with orders to kill every man and burn every house.
My Grandmother Nina Farmer Luckett said that Mary Jenny eventually went completely blind in her older years, living with her son, (My Great Grandfather) William Albert Farmer after the family settled a Federal Land Grant in the Territory of Torrence County, New Mexico before New Mexico became a State in 1912.
MARY JENNY MATHEWS was married to LEMUEL T. FARMER on April 01, 1866 in Douglas, Kansas. She was the daughter of WILLIAM MATHEWS and MARTHA LASH. She was born March 28, 1848 in Bloomington, McLean Co., IL, and died April 02 1934 in Topeka, Shawnee Co., KS.
The young couple (Lemuel T. Farmer and Mary Jenny Mathews) were married April 1st, 1866 in Douglas, Kansas obviously after the end of the Civil War.
Lemuel had been enlisted at 15 years of age and had served in Company A of the 9th Cavalry Regiment, in Kansas in 1861 and served throughout the Civil War. From 1867 on, Lemuel Farmer was reported to be very ill, and was reported to have coughed up blood (Hemoptysis) from the respiratory tract. This may have been a case of T.B. (Tuburculosis) which prevailed in the United States at the time. Mary Jenny and Lemuel T. were found in the Reno, Leavenworth County, Kansas census of 1870. The census showed they had a daughter named Sallie who was born in 1867. Neither Lemuel nor Sallie show up in subsequent census tallies which were taken every ten years. It is therefore assumed that both passed away before the 1880 census.
The 1880 U.S. census that was taken in Memphis, Bourbon County, Kansas, shows Mary Jenny Farmer at 32 years of age with three children and a 19 year old nephew (Alonzo) living under her roof. In the 1900 U.S. census it shows Mary Jenny Farmer at 52 years of age, widowed twice with 6 children born, but only 5 children living.
Her children's names listed were: (The names highlighted are Mary's and Alonzo's Children)
Sallie- Deceased before 1880 (Nella R. Farmer, Born 1868)
Willie- 8 years old in 1880 (William A. Farmer, Born 1872)
Clarence- 6 years old in 1880 Clarence Farmer, Born 1874)
Alonzo- 3 years in 1880 (James Alonzo Farmer, Born 1876)
Herbert- 15 years in 1900 (Herbert E. Farmer, Born 1885)
Stella- 13 years old in 1900 (Stella M. Farmer, Born 1887)
Back in the days of the Civil War and the Times of the West, it was not uncommon for 1st cousins to later marry and have children. They were living in the Prairie, and later among the soldiers of Fort's Leavenworth, Scott and Riley. Times were tough and sometimes family were all you saw for weeks or even months at a time. My Grandmother Nina Farmer LUCKETT (who was the Daughter of William Albert, Son of Lemuel and Mary Jenny) told me a story about her Grandmother Mary Jenny who at 15 years of age, remembered the Raid on Lawrence Kansas by Quantrill. She told how she heared men and women scream as William Quantrill led 400 men in Lawrence with orders to kill every man and burn every house.
My Grandmother Nina Farmer Luckett said that Mary Jenny eventually went completely blind in her older years, living with her son, (My Great Grandfather) William Albert Farmer after the family settled a Federal Land Grant in the Territory of Torrence County, New Mexico before New Mexico became a State in 1912.
The young couple (Lemuel T. Farmer and Mary Jenny Mathews) were married April 1st, 1866 in Douglas, Kansas obviously after the end of the Civil War.
Lemuel had been enlisted at 15 years of age and had served in Company A of the 9th Cavalry Regiment, in Kansas in 1861 and served throughout the Civil War. From 1867 on, Lemuel Farmer was reported to be very ill, and was reported to have coughed up blood (Hemoptysis) from the respiratory tract. This may have been a case of T.B. (Tuburculosis) which prevailed in the United States at the time. Mary Jenny and Lemuel T. were found in the Reno, Leavenworth County, Kansas census of 1870. The census showed they had a daughter named Sallie who was born in 1867. Neither Lemuel nor Sallie show up in subsequent census tallies which were taken every ten years. It is therefore assumed that both passed away before the 1880 census.
The 1880 U.S. census that was taken in Memphis, Bourbon County, Kansas, shows Mary Jenny Farmer at 32 years of age with three children and a 19 year old nephew (Alonzo) living under her roof. In the 1900 U.S. census it shows Mary Jenny Farmer at 52 years of age, widowed twice with 6 children born, but only 5 children living.
Her children's names listed were: (The names highlighted are Mary's and Alonzo's Children)
Sallie- Deceased before 1880 (Nella R. Farmer, Born 1868)
Willie- 8 years old in 1880 (William A. Farmer, Born 1872)
Clarence- 6 years old in 1880 Clarence Farmer, Born 1874)
Alonzo- 3 years in 1880 (James Alonzo Farmer, Born 1876)
Herbert- 15 years in 1900 (Herbert E. Farmer, Born 1885)
Stella- 13 years old in 1900 (Stella M. Farmer, Born 1887)
Back in the days of the Civil War and the Times of the West, it was not uncommon for 1st cousins to later marry and have children. They were living in the Prairie, and later among the soldiers of Fort's Leavenworth, Scott and Riley. Times were tough and sometimes family were all you saw for weeks or even months at a time. My Grandmother Nina Farmer LUCKETT (who was the Daughter of William Albert, Son of Lemuel and Mary Jenny) told me a story about her Grandmother Mary Jenny who at 15 years of age, remembered the Raid on Lawrence Kansas by Quantrill. She told how she heared men and women scream as William Quantrill led 400 men in Lawrence with orders to kill every man and burn every house.
My Grandmother Nina Farmer Luckett said that Mary Jenny eventually went completely blind in her older years, living with her son, (My Great Grandfather) William Albert Farmer after the family settled a Federal Land Grant in the Territory of Torrence County, New Mexico before New Mexico became a State in 1912.
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