Mary C.

Notes:

Maiden name may have been Winchester.

CENSUS RECORDS

1860 United States Federal Census
Name: Mary Slacum
Age in 1860: 36
Birth Year: abt 1824
Birthplace: Maryland
Home in 1860: Independence, Schuyler, Missouri
Gender: Female
Post Office: Lancaster
Household Members:
J S Slacum 47
Mary Slacum 36
Perry Slacum 18
Margarett Slacum 8

1870 United States Federal Census about Mary C Slacum
Name: Mary C Slacum
Age in 1870: 37
Birth Year: abt 1833
Birthplace: Maryland
Home in 1870: Wicomico, Northumberland, Virginia
Race: White
Gender: Female
Post Office: Browns Store
Household Members:
James Slacum 57
Mary C Slacum 37

1880 United States Federal Census
Name: Mary C. Slacum
Age: 40
Birth Year: abt 1840
Birthplace: Maryland
Home in 1880: Wicomico, Northumberland, Virginia
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Mother-in-law [actually step mother]
Marital Status: Widowed
Father's Birthplace: Maryland
Mother's Birthplace: Maryland
Occupation: No Occupation
Household Members:
Alexena Hurst 37
Homer Hurst 14
Eula Hurst 12
Bessie Hurst 10
Annie Hurst 5
Warner Hurst 1
Mary C. Slacum 40
[Note: Mary doesn't age much with each census. There must have been some familial feeling since Mary came to live with her stepdaughter after the death of James. Elexena was now a widow with 5 children and needed all the extra help she could get.]

Buried:
Grave location and tombstone photo:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Slacum&GSiman=1&GScnty=2853&GRid=56917286&
Inscription:
wife of James Slacum

Mary married James L. SLACUM 05 May 1856, Baltimore, MD. James (son of Job Slacum and Ann McNamara) was born ca 1813, Maryland; died 22 Mar 1880, Northumberland Co. VA; was buried , Saint Francis de Sales Catholic Church Cemetery, Kilmarnock, Lancaster Co. VA. [Group Sheet]

1. Infant SLACUM was born , Fredericksubrg, VA; died 20 Jan 1857, Fredericksburg, VA; was buried , Fredericksburg Cemetery, Fredericksburg, VA.