Old stone, very hard to read. It says, Mary, Wife of Robert Bielby, Born May ____ _____, Died Apr 19, 1887.
Census records show Mary Bielby was born about 1813 in Pennsylvania. Newspaper article about her death verified she died in 1887. She married Robert Bielby in 1830 (see newspaper article below), probably in Pennsylvania as their oldest children were born in that state. They were in Ohio in 1840 as their daughter Elizabeth was born there, according to census records. They moved on to Indiana by 1850, and finally to Adair County, Missouri, by 1860 where they spent the rest of their lives.
1850 Census of Sparta, Dearborn County, Indiana:
Robert Bielby 44, farmer, born England
Mary Bielby 37, born PA
Edward Bielby 15, born PA
Robert G. Bielby 13, born PA
Elizabeth A. Bielby 10, born OH
John W. Bielby 17, born PA
1860 Census of Clay Township, Adair County, Missouri, Post Office Wilmothville:
Robert Bielby 53, farmer, born England
Mary Bielby 47, born PA
Robert G. Bielby 22, carpenter, born PA
Lewis Simes 23, carpenter, born PA
Elizabeth Simes 20, born Ohio
1870 Census of Township 64, Range 13, Adair County, Missouri, Post Office Wilmothville:
Robert Bielby 65, farmer
Mary Bielby 55
Elizabeth A. Sims 30
John R. Sims 9
Lewis E. Sims 7
Leroy Bielby 10, born IA
- Information gathered by Blytha (Dennis) Ellis
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Mary and Robert Bielby had been married 55 years in 1885, according to the following article from a Kirksville, Missouri, newspaper:
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bielby celebrated their fifty-fifth anniversary of their marriage at the home of their son, R.G. Bielby, in this city, last Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Bielby have been residents of Adair county for a quarter of a century. It is not often we meet those who have had fifty-five years of their lives given to wedded bliss as it has been with this now aged couple. Five years ago they celebrated their golden wedding when all the children, one of whom lives in Iowa, were present.
Weekly Graphic
Kirksville, Missouri
November 20, 1885
__________
DIED.
BIELBY:--At the residence of her daughter, Mrs. Simes, Tuesday, April 19th, Mrs. Mary Bielby, of Bronchitis, aged 74 years.
Weekly Graphic
Kirksville, Missouri
April 22, 1887
Census records show Mary Bielby was born about 1813 in Pennsylvania. Newspaper article about her death verified she died in 1887. She married Robert Bielby in 1830 (see newspaper article below), probably in Pennsylvania as their oldest children were born in that state. They were in Ohio in 1840 as their daughter Elizabeth was born there, according to census records. They moved on to Indiana by 1850, and finally to Adair County, Missouri, by 1860 where they spent the rest of their lives.
1850 Census of Sparta, Dearborn County, Indiana:
Robert Bielby 44, farmer, born England
Mary Bielby 37, born PA
Edward Bielby 15, born PA
Robert G. Bielby 13, born PA
Elizabeth A. Bielby 10, born OH
John W. Bielby 17, born PA
1860 Census of Clay Township, Adair County, Missouri, Post Office Wilmothville:
Robert Bielby 53, farmer, born England
Mary Bielby 47, born PA
Robert G. Bielby 22, carpenter, born PA
Lewis Simes 23, carpenter, born PA
Elizabeth Simes 20, born Ohio
1870 Census of Township 64, Range 13, Adair County, Missouri, Post Office Wilmothville:
Robert Bielby 65, farmer
Mary Bielby 55
Elizabeth A. Sims 30
John R. Sims 9
Lewis E. Sims 7
Leroy Bielby 10, born IA
- Information gathered by Blytha (Dennis) Ellis
__________
Mary and Robert Bielby had been married 55 years in 1885, according to the following article from a Kirksville, Missouri, newspaper:
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bielby celebrated their fifty-fifth anniversary of their marriage at the home of their son, R.G. Bielby, in this city, last Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Bielby have been residents of Adair county for a quarter of a century. It is not often we meet those who have had fifty-five years of their lives given to wedded bliss as it has been with this now aged couple. Five years ago they celebrated their golden wedding when all the children, one of whom lives in Iowa, were present.
Weekly Graphic
Kirksville, Missouri
November 20, 1885
__________
DIED.
BIELBY:--At the residence of her daughter, Mrs. Simes, Tuesday, April 19th, Mrs. Mary Bielby, of Bronchitis, aged 74 years.
Weekly Graphic
Kirksville, Missouri
April 22, 1887
Old stone, very hard to read. It says, Mary, Wife of Robert Bielby, Born May ____ _____, Died Apr 19, 1887.
Census records show Mary Bielby was born about 1813 in Pennsylvania. Newspaper article about her death verified she died in 1887. She married Robert Bielby in 1830 (see newspaper article below), probably in Pennsylvania as their oldest children were born in that state. They were in Ohio in 1840 as their daughter Elizabeth was born there, according to census records. They moved on to Indiana by 1850, and finally to Adair County, Missouri, by 1860 where they spent the rest of their lives.
1850 Census of Sparta, Dearborn County, Indiana:
Robert Bielby 44, farmer, born England
Mary Bielby 37, born PA
Edward Bielby 15, born PA
Robert G. Bielby 13, born PA
Elizabeth A. Bielby 10, born OH
John W. Bielby 17, born PA
1860 Census of Clay Township, Adair County, Missouri, Post Office Wilmothville:
Robert Bielby 53, farmer, born England
Mary Bielby 47, born PA
Robert G. Bielby 22, carpenter, born PA
Lewis Simes 23, carpenter, born PA
Elizabeth Simes 20, born Ohio
1870 Census of Township 64, Range 13, Adair County, Missouri, Post Office Wilmothville:
Robert Bielby 65, farmer
Mary Bielby 55
Elizabeth A. Sims 30
John R. Sims 9
Lewis E. Sims 7
Leroy Bielby 10, born IA
- Information gathered by Blytha (Dennis) Ellis
__________
Mary and Robert Bielby had been married 55 years in 1885, according to the following article from a Kirksville, Missouri, newspaper:
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bielby celebrated their fifty-fifth anniversary of their marriage at the home of their son, R.G. Bielby, in this city, last Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Bielby have been residents of Adair county for a quarter of a century. It is not often we meet those who have had fifty-five years of their lives given to wedded bliss as it has been with this now aged couple. Five years ago they celebrated their golden wedding when all the children, one of whom lives in Iowa, were present.
Weekly Graphic
Kirksville, Missouri
November 20, 1885
__________
DIED.
BIELBY:--At the residence of her daughter, Mrs. Simes, Tuesday, April 19th, Mrs. Mary Bielby, of Bronchitis, aged 74 years.
Weekly Graphic
Kirksville, Missouri
April 22, 1887
Census records show Mary Bielby was born about 1813 in Pennsylvania. Newspaper article about her death verified she died in 1887. She married Robert Bielby in 1830 (see newspaper article below), probably in Pennsylvania as their oldest children were born in that state. They were in Ohio in 1840 as their daughter Elizabeth was born there, according to census records. They moved on to Indiana by 1850, and finally to Adair County, Missouri, by 1860 where they spent the rest of their lives.
1850 Census of Sparta, Dearborn County, Indiana:
Robert Bielby 44, farmer, born England
Mary Bielby 37, born PA
Edward Bielby 15, born PA
Robert G. Bielby 13, born PA
Elizabeth A. Bielby 10, born OH
John W. Bielby 17, born PA
1860 Census of Clay Township, Adair County, Missouri, Post Office Wilmothville:
Robert Bielby 53, farmer, born England
Mary Bielby 47, born PA
Robert G. Bielby 22, carpenter, born PA
Lewis Simes 23, carpenter, born PA
Elizabeth Simes 20, born Ohio
1870 Census of Township 64, Range 13, Adair County, Missouri, Post Office Wilmothville:
Robert Bielby 65, farmer
Mary Bielby 55
Elizabeth A. Sims 30
John R. Sims 9
Lewis E. Sims 7
Leroy Bielby 10, born IA
- Information gathered by Blytha (Dennis) Ellis
__________
Mary and Robert Bielby had been married 55 years in 1885, according to the following article from a Kirksville, Missouri, newspaper:
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bielby celebrated their fifty-fifth anniversary of their marriage at the home of their son, R.G. Bielby, in this city, last Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Bielby have been residents of Adair county for a quarter of a century. It is not often we meet those who have had fifty-five years of their lives given to wedded bliss as it has been with this now aged couple. Five years ago they celebrated their golden wedding when all the children, one of whom lives in Iowa, were present.
Weekly Graphic
Kirksville, Missouri
November 20, 1885
__________
DIED.
BIELBY:--At the residence of her daughter, Mrs. Simes, Tuesday, April 19th, Mrs. Mary Bielby, of Bronchitis, aged 74 years.
Weekly Graphic
Kirksville, Missouri
April 22, 1887
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