Mary Frances Thurston1

b. 22 December 1838, d. 18 April 1903
Last Edited=29 Jun 2016
Relationship
2nd great-grandaunt of Joseph Michael Flint
     Mary Frances Thurston was born on 22 December 1838 at Indiana.1,2 She was the daughter of Samuel Thurston and Prudence Bearss.1,3

Mary Frances Thurston was 8 years old, when her father, Samuel Thurston, died on 20 June 1847.4

On 1 October 1850 Mary Frances Thurston was enumerated in the household of Prudence Bearss on the 1850 U. S. census for Pleasant township, Wabash County, Indiana as Mary Thurston, 11 years old, birthplace of Indiana. Attended school within the year. Also enumerated in the household were Samuel Wesley Thurston, William Kilbourn Thurston, Laura Caroline Thurston and Prudence Philena Thurston.3

On 19 June 1860 Mary Frances Thurston was enumerated in the household of Prudence Bearss on the 1860 U. S. census for Laketon Post Office, Pleasant Township, Wabash County, Indiana as Mary Thurston, 21 years old, birthplace of Indiana. Also enumerated in the household were Samuel Wesley Thurston, Prudence Philena Thurston and Martha Shallenberger.5

Mary Frances Thurston married Jacob Schuler, son of Robert Schuler and Elizabeth Rantz, on 15 October 1862 at Wabash County, Indiana.6

On 15 August 1870 Mary Frances Schuler was enumerated in the household of Jacob Schuler on the 1870 U. S. census for Pleasant Township, Wabash County, Indiana as Mary Schuler, 31 years old, birthplace of Indiana, occupation of Keeping House.7

On 9 June 1880 Mary Frances Schuler was enumerated in the household of Jacob Schuler on the 1880 U. S. census for 3rd Ward, City of Wabash, Wabash County, Indiana as Mary Schuler, 41 years old, Wife, Married, birthplace of Indiana, occupation of House Keeper. Father born in N,Y. Mother born in N,Y.8

On 1 June 1900 Mary Frances Schuler was enumerated in the household of Jacob Schuler on the 1900 U. S. census for Paw Paw Township, Roann Town, Wabash County, Indiana as Francis M Schuler, 61 years old, Wife, married for 37 years, gave birth to 4 children, number of children still living 0, Born Dec 1838 in Indiana. Father born in New York. Mother born in New York.2

Mary Frances Thurston died on 18 April 1903 at Wabash County, Indiana, at age 64.9

Mary Frances Thurston was buried at Falls Memorial Gardens, Wabash, Wabash County, Indiana, FG .9

Children of Mary Frances Thurston and Jacob Schuler

Citations

  1. Brown Thurston, Thurston Genealogies Second Edition (Portland, Maine: Brown Thurston, 1892), 625; Reprinted by: Higginson Book Company, 148 Washington Street, Post Office Box 778, Salem, Massachusetts 01970.
  2. 1900 U. S. census, Wabash County, Indiana, Paw Paw Township, Roann Town, Enumeration District 126, p. 2 (written) p. 240B Stamped, dwelling 36, family 39, Jacob Schuler; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com/ : accessed 27 Feb 2015).
  3. 1850 U. S. census, Wabash County, Indiana, population schedule, Pleasant Township, p. 404 back (stamped), dwelling 194, family 205, Prudence Thurston; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com/ : accessed 09 Nov 2008); citing NARA microfilm publication M432, Roll 178.
  4. Wabash County Genealogical Society., Nabors Cemetery, Wabash County Indiana, http://www.ingenweb.org/inwabash/cem/nabors.html, January, 1998) Located at USGenWeb Wabash County, Indiana http://www.rootsweb.com/~inwabash/index.html
  5. 1860 U. S. census, Wabash County, Indiana, population schedule, Pleasant Township, Laketon Post Office, p. 33 (written), dwelling 231, family 230, Prues Thurston; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com/ : accessed 28 Oct 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication M653, Roll 304.
  6. Wabash County, Indiana, Marriages, 6: 70, Jacob Schuler and Mary F Thurston; index and images, "Indiana, Marriages, 1811-2007", FamilySearch ( https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/… : accessed 25 Feb 2015).
  7. 1870 U. S. census, Wabash County, Indiana, population schedule, Pleasant Township, p. 47 (written) p. 200 (stamped), dwelling 373, family 346, Jacob Schuler; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com/); citing NARA microfilm publication M593, Roll 367.
  8. 1880 U. S. census, Wabash County, Indiana, population schedule, 3rd Ward City of Wabash, Enumeration District 192, p. 29 (written) p. 428 (stamped), dwelling 100, family 110, Jacob Schuler; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com/ : accessed 27 Feb 2015); citing NARA microfilm publication T9, Roll 315.
  9. Find A Grave, database and images (http://findagrave.com: 25 Feb 2015), memorial page for Francis Mary Thurston Schuler, Find A Grave Memorial no. 34335018, Creator:Richard H. Goms Jr., Photo v f, accessed 25 Feb 2015, citing Falls Memorial Gardens, Wabash, Wabash County, Indiana.
  10. Find A Grave, memorial page for Birdie Thurston Schuler, Find A Grave Memorial no. 52643808,.
  11. Find A Grave, memorial page for Infant Schuler, Find A Grave Memorial no. 47133821,.