Mary Louise Twiggs1,2

b. 12 March 1835, d. 24 June 1899
Last Edited=20 Jul 2014
Relationship
2nd great-grandaunt of Joseph Michael Flint
     Mary Louise Twiggs was born on 12 March 1835 at Habersham County, Georgia.2,3 She was the daughter of Willis Twiggs and Margret England.1,2

On 25 October 1850 Mary Louise Twiggs was enumerated in the household of Willis Twiggs on the 1850 U. S. census for 85th District, Union County, Georgia as Mary Twigs, 15 years old, birthplace of Georgia. Attended school within the year. Also enumerated in the household were Margret England, Elizabeth Jane Twiggs, Margaret Twiggs, Joice Minerva Ann Twiggs, John Wesley Twiggs and Harvy Alonzo Twiggs.1

Mary Louise Twiggs married Spencer Lafayette Curtis on 25 January 1857 at Union County, Georgia. Rev Thomas M Hughes officiated.4,2

On 30 June 1860 Mary Louise Twiggs was enumerated in the household of Spencer Lafayette Curtis on the 1860 U. S. census for Choestoe Post Office, Union County, Georgia as Mary L Curtis, 24 years old, birthplace of Georgia. Also enumerated in the household were William Curtis.5

Mary Louise Twiggs died on 24 June 1899 at age 64.3

Mary Louise Twiggs was buried at Shady Grove Cemetery, Union County, Georgia, FG .3

Child of Mary Louise Twiggs and Spencer Lafayette Curtis

Citations

  1. 1850 U. S. census, Union County, Georgia, population schedule, 85th District, p. 418 (written) p. 249 back (stamped), dwelling 661, family 661, Willis Twigs; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com/ : accessed 02 Jan 2011); citing NARA microfilm publication M432, Roll 84.
  2. Ethelene Dyer Jones, "Willis, the First Twiggs in Union County," Through Mountain Mists, September 23, 2004 (http://throughmountainmists.blogspot.com/: Accessed 26 May 2014 ).
  3. Find A Grave, database and images (http://findagrave.com: 7 Jun 2014), memorial page for Mary Lou Twiggs Curtis 1835-1899, Find A Grave Memorial no. 11347718, Creator:Chuck Garland, Photo Cheryl Behrend, accessed 7 Jun 2014, citing Shady Grove Cemetery, Union County, Georgia.
  4. Union County, Gerogia, Marriage Record, 1A, Spencer S Curtis and Mary L Twiggs; index and images, "Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950", FamilySearch (http://www.familysearch.org/, path 0366323 (005190954) -> Image 67 : accessed 7 Jun 2014); citing Union, Georgia, United States; FHL microfilm 366323.
  5. 1860 U. S. census, Union County, Georgia, population schedule, Not Stated, Choestoe Post Office, p. 36 (written), dwelling 249, family 246, S L Curtis; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com/ : accessed 07 Oct 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication M653, Roll 136.