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Mary H. “Polly” Hansborough Woodrow

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Birth	:	15 Sep 1785 Culpeper County, Virginia, USA
Death	:	1 Apr 1882 Highland County, Ohio, USA
Burial	:	Hillsboro Cemetery, Hillsboro, Highland County, USA
Coordinate	:	39.2140600, -83.6035400
Description	:	1870 United States Federal Census Name: Polly Woodrow Age in 1870: 83 Birth Year: abt 1787 Birthplace: Virginia Home in 1870: Hillsborough, Highland, Ohio Race: White Gender: Female Post Office: Hillsborough Household Members: Name Age Polly Woodrow 83 1880 United States Federal Census Name: Polly Woodrow Age: 95 Birth Year: abt 1785 Birthplace: Virginia Home in 1880: Hillsboro, Highland, Ohio Race: White Gender: Female Relation to Head of House: Self (Head) Marital Status: Widowed Father's Birthplace: Virginia Mother's Birthplace: Virginia Occupation: Kp. House Household Members: Name Age Polly Woodrow 95 "The Highland Weekly News" Hillsboro, Ohio, April 6, 1882, Image... Read More	1870 United States Federal Census Name: Polly Woodrow Age in 1870: 83 Birth Year: abt 1787 Birthplace: Virginia Home in 1870: Hillsborough, Highland, Ohio Race: White Gender: Female Post Office: Hillsborough Household Members: Name Age Polly Woodrow 83 1880 United States Federal Census Name: Polly Woodrow Age: 95 Birth Year: abt 1785 Birthplace: Virginia Home in 1880: Hillsboro, Highland, Ohio Race: White Gender: Female Relation to Head of House: Self (Head) Marital Status: Widowed Father's Birthplace: Virginia Mother's Birthplace: Virginia Occupation: Kp. House Household Members: Name Age Polly Woodrow 95 "The Highland Weekly News" Hillsboro, Ohio, April 6, 1882, Image 5 Obituary Mrs. Mary H. Woodrow The funeral services of Mrs. Mary H. Woodrow were held last Sabbath afternoon in the Methodist Episcopal Church of Hillsboro and were attended by a concourse filling the entire church and constituting an unusually large procession as the remains of this venerable woman were borne to the cemetery. At the close of a brief funeral discourse, Dr. Starr read the following sketch of Mrs. Woodrow's life and was followed with appropriate and suggestive remarks by Rev. Dr. McSurely: Mary Hansborough Woodrow was the daughter of William and Sarah Hansborough to whom she was born in Stephensburg, Culpepper County, Virginia September 15, 1785. When twenty-one years of age Mary became the wife of Isaac Woodrow, and two years after their marriage the happy and adventurous young couple came into the State of Ohio and settled in Hillsboro, Ohio was, when they came into it, an infant State but five years of age, and had a population of less than 200,000; while Highland County had less than 100 inhabitants. What the village of Hillsboro must have been can easily be conjectured, when it is remembered that for years after this, forests were growing over what are now our principal streets. Mrs. Woodrow soon tired of this wilderness life and they returned to their former home in Virginia. Subsequently they came back and in 1817, they again settled in Hillsboro, of which they both remained citizens to the end of their respective lives. Mr. Woodrow was one of the early business men of Hillsboro, but was so subject to rheumatic disease that he was compelled to defer general business and gave himself to the work of teaching and remained in the schools until compelled by the advance of his disease to give up this also. Mr. Woodrow died July 21, 1861, at the advanced age of 93 years. After the death of Mr. Woodrow, Mrs. Woodrow continued for several years to occupy her own house, but in after years she made her home with her only son, William, in the bosom of whose family she ceased to live on Saturday morning, April 1, 1882, in the 97th year of her age. Mrs. Woodrow belonged to a long lived family and attained to the age of nearly 100 years, having lived in Hillsboro through, at least, two generations. She left behind her at the time of her death her only children - a son, William, and a daughter, Mrs. Tucker, 12 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren, some of whom are already grown. Mother Woodrow's energy and charity early gained for her the sobriquet of the Good Samaritan, for it was her habit to be in the homes of want and suffering as a ministering angel. As a nurse, a benefactor and a sympathizing friend, she had few equals in the days of vigorous health. In many homes she came as a ministering angel in the time of bereavement and rendered such services as were most worthy of the appreciation they received. Mrs. Woodrow became a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church in her early womanhood. As a Christian she was remarkable for her steadfastness, faith and activity. Her religious life antedates the lifetime of nearly every member of her church, Christopher Arthur, Benjamin Chaney, Sarah H. Chaney, Jacob Miller and Mary Ann Miller being the only survivors of the class of which Mrs. Woodrow was formerly a member.

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Mary H. “Polly” Hansborough Woodrow's memorial is located at: Hillsboro Cemetery, Hillsboro, Highland County, USA.
When did Mary H. “Polly” Hansborough Woodrow death?
Mary H. “Polly” Hansborough Woodrow death on 1 Apr 1882 in Highland County, Ohio, USA
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Latitude: 39.2140600
Longitude: -83.6035400

Family Members:

Parent

William Hansbrough

(1755 - 1815)

Sarah Vaughn Hansbrough

(1767 - 1857)

Spouse

Isaac Woodrow

(1768 - 1861)

Siblings

Eliza Hansbrough Rickard

(1799 - 1871)

Children

William Henry Woodrow

(1816 - 1888)

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Nearby Cemetories:

1. Hillsboro Cemetery
Hillsboro, Highland County, USA
Coordinate: 39.2140600, -83.6035400

2. Saint Marys Catholic Cemetery
Hillsboro, Highland County, USA
Coordinate: 39.2118988, -83.6108017

3. Norman V. Statzer Memorial Garden
Hillsboro, Highland County, USA
Coordinate: 39.2046190, -83.6103330

4. Mitchell Cemetery
Hillsboro, Highland County, USA
Coordinate: 39.2166250, -83.6253960

5. Liming Family Farm Cemetery
Hillsboro, Highland County, USA
Coordinate: 39.1980130, -83.5947130

6. Fenner Cemetery #3
Hillsboro, Highland County, USA
Coordinate: 39.2350006, -83.6389008

7. Fenner Cemetery #2
Hillsboro, Highland County, USA
Coordinate: 39.2383003, -83.6477966

8. Fenner Cemetery #1
Hillsboro, Highland County, USA
Coordinate: 39.1986008, -83.6549988

9. Little Rock Cemetery
Hillsboro, Highland County, USA
Coordinate: 39.2532170, -83.5796680

10. Resthaven Memory Gardens
Hillsboro, Highland County, USA
Coordinate: 39.2574880, -83.5999450

11. Strain Cemetery
Highland County, USA
Coordinate: 39.2103004, -83.6628036

12. Creek Cemetery
Highland County, USA
Coordinate: 39.2016983, -83.5453033

13. Hansbrough Cemetery
Highland County, USA
Coordinate: 39.2543983, -83.5693970

14. Zink Cemetery
Hillsboro, Highland County, USA
Coordinate: 39.2463989, -83.6500015

15. Pleasant Hill Cemetery
Hillsboro, Highland County, USA
Coordinate: 39.1658983, -83.6274208

16. Chapman Cemetery
Hillsboro, Highland County, USA
Coordinate: 39.1741982, -83.6496964

17. Kelley Cemetery
Highland County, USA
Coordinate: 39.1596985, -83.5892029

18. Highland County Infirmary Cemetery
Highland County, USA
Coordinate: 39.1820100, -83.5432520

19. Glascock Cemetery
Highland County, USA
Coordinate: 39.1613998, -83.6408005

20. Duckwall Cemetery
Hoagland, Highland County, USA
Coordinate: 39.2131192, -83.6835334

21. Ambrose Cemetery
Highland County, USA
Coordinate: 39.1781006, -83.6710968

22. Fall Creek Cemetery
Highland County, USA
Coordinate: 39.2594660, -83.5458280

23. Hightop Cemetery
Highland County, USA
Coordinate: 39.2831001, -83.6031036

24. New Light Cemetery
Highland County, USA
Coordinate: 39.2106018, -83.5102997