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    Mary Merriman (Sheather)

    Birth: 1826

    Death: 1858

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Merriman, Corydon H. | Marriage Date: 1851

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Mary Sheather lived with Frances and Stephen Goodwin. In 1850 "Mrs. Goodwin" throws a bridal party for Mary, which Frances mentions in her September 23, 1850 letter to Augustus. Mary Sheather marries Corydon H. Merriman in 1851. She fell ill with consumption not too long after they married and died in the late 1850's (possibly 1858 based on her find a grave record.)

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Biography: 
Mary Sheather lived with Frances and Stephen Goodwin. In 1850 "Mrs. Goodwin" throws a bridal party for Mary, which Frances mentions in her September 23, 1850 letter to Augustus. Mary Sheather marries Corydon H. Merriman in 1851. She fell ill with consumption not too long after they married and died in the late 1850's (possibly 1858 based on her find a grave record.)
Citation Type: 
Book or Book Chapter
Book or Monograph Title: 
Collections of Cayuga County Historical Society, Issues 7-8
Author(s) or Editor(s): 
Cayuga County Historical Society
Publisher Location: 
Auburn
Year: 
1889
Start Page: 
208
End Page: 
209
Citation Notes: 
https://books.google.com/books?id=H1QOAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA213-IA5&dq=mary+sheather+auburn+marriage&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjr2Ob97Z7bAhUOvVkKHcVDC4AQ6AEIJzAA#v=onepage&q=mary%20sheather%20auburn%20marriage&f=false
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Citation Type: 
Website
Citation URL: 
https://search.ancestrylibrary.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1850usfedcenancestry&indiv=try&h=11357004
Title of Webpage: 
Ancestry.com
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Thursday, May 24, 2018 - 13:30
Website Last Modified Date: 
Thursday, May 24, 2018 - 13:30
Citation Notes: 
Year: 1850; Census Place: Auburn Ward 1, Cayuga, New York; Roll: M432_482; Page: 214B; Image: 16 Source Information Ancestry.com. 1850 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data: Seventh Census of the United States, 1850; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, 1009 rolls); Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29; National Archives, Washington, D.C.
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Citation Type: 
Website
Citation URL: 
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/74066531/mary-merriman
Title of Webpage: 
Find a Grave
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Thursday, May 24, 2018 - 13:30
Website Last Modified Date: 
Thursday, May 24, 2018 - 13:30
Citation Notes: 
BURIAL Fort Hill Cemetery Auburn, Cayuga County, New York, USA MEMORIAL ID 74066531 · View Source There is no engraving on this gravestone to verify the 1858 date, however we do know that she died before 1860, when Merriman remarried, and that she fell ill not too long after their 1851 marriage, so 1858 seems like a plausible date.