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Mrs Mary Gass Crow Hills Mudgett

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Birth	:	1843 Clark County, Arkansas, USA
Death	:	26 Nov 1916 Tacoma, Pierce County, Washington, USA
Burial	:	Pauper County Public Cemetery, Tacoma, Pierce County, USA
Coordinate	:	47.2096000, -122.4759000
Plot	:	Grave # 470
Description	:	Mary Gass Crow Hills Mudgett is my great-great grandmother. Mary was born about 1842 in Clark County, Arkansas. Her birth date varies from 1842 to 1846. Her birth location also varies, from Texas, to Arkansas, to Missouri. Her parents were David Monroe Gass, b. 1815, d. ?, and his second wife, Lonie Elizabeth Chubb, b. 1822, d. 1880. In the 1850 census, the Gass family was farming in Clark County, Arkansas. Mary 7, was living with her parents and three siblings, Albert was 9, Samuel 4, and Randolph 3. In the 1860... Read More	Mary Gass Crow Hills Mudgett is my great-great grandmother. Mary was born about 1842 in Clark County, Arkansas. Her birth date varies from 1842 to 1846. Her birth location also varies, from Texas, to Arkansas, to Missouri. Her parents were David Monroe Gass, b. 1815, d. ?, and his second wife, Lonie Elizabeth Chubb, b. 1822, d. 1880. In the 1850 census, the Gass family was farming in Clark County, Arkansas. Mary 7, was living with her parents and three siblings, Albert was 9, Samuel 4, and Randolph 3. In the 1860 census, the Gasses were still farming, but had moved to Carouse, Quachita, Arkansas. In addition to her parents, there were seven children in the Gass family: Albert 19, Mary 16, Samuel 14, Randolph 12, Margaret 8, Martha 6, and Sarah 2. __________ Mary's first husband was John F. Crow. They were married 11 Aug 1867, in Henry County, Missouri. (See Widow's Pension [512789] filing affidavit, February 8, 1892.) Mary and John lived in both Missouri (where four of her children were born) and Texas. Richard Warren Crow, b. 1868 Missouri, d. 1930 Emma Elizabeth Crow, b. 1869 Missouri, d. 1945 Jacob Monroe Crow, b. 1871 Missouri, d. 1943 Johnie Crow, b. 1877 Texas, d. ? Henry Clifford Crow, b. 1881 Texas, d. 1961 In the 1880 census, Mary and John were living with their children in Llano, Texas. John was farming; Mary was keeping house; Richard and Emmy were in school; Jacob and Johnie were in the home. After the death of her first husband, John, in 1882 (See Widow's Pension [512789] filing affidavit, May 7, 1891), Mary traveled with three of her sons to Pierce County, Washington. Her daughter Emma was married by this time and living with her husband, Fred Tabor, in Lewis County, Washington. She, and three of her sons, can be found living in Pierce County in the April 1889, Washington Territorial census, where she listed her employment as a nurse. She also lists her birthplace as Texas. Johnie does not appear on any census beyond Texas in 1880, so there is speculation that he may have passed at some time between 1880-89. On February 26, 1890, Mary married Lewellyn B. Hills in Lewis County, Washington. Her son, Richard Warren, was present as one of the witnesses, as well as L. B.'s son, Ellis Henry Hills. (See Washington, Marriage Records, 1854-2013.) In May 1891, while married to L. B. Hills, Mary begins a lengthy widow's petition for John Crow's Civil War army pension. After several years, and many legal battles, she is unsuccessful. (See Declaration for Widow's Army Pension, Petition 512,789.) In August 1893, she and her daughter, Emma, were witnesses for the marriage of her son Jacob Monroe Crow to Margaret Jane McCulloch in Tacoma, WA. (See Washington, County Marriages,1855-2008.) In 1897, Lewellyn B. Hills died and Mary filed for his Civil War army pension. (See Widows Pension Application 657,487.) __________ In the 1900 census, Mary can next be found in Vacaville, Solano, California. She was boarding in the home of H. R. Chase and his wife. Once again, her occupation was recorded as a nurse. Her sons Jacob, Henry, and Richard lived in nearby communities. Richard and his family also lived in Solano at this time, while Henry and Jacob and his family were living in Vina, California, near Chico. (The census lists Crow as "Crum.") On September 28, 1900, Mary wedded James B. Mudgett, in Chico, California. (See Marriage Records, #1696, County of Butte, State of California.) The marriage certificate listed her as a resident of Chico at that time. (Mudgett's mother, Rachel, was married to a prominent Woodland, California pioneer named Henry Perry.) Mary and James were employed as chicken farmers in Florin, Sacramento County, California. (See Sacramento Bee, 7 Dec. 1900, "Quarrel of Chicken Raisers Ventilated in Court.") James also worked as a cement laborer. In 1904, Mary rescued five of her grandchildren (her son, Richard Warren's children) from poor living conditions. (See 11 Dec 1904, San Francisco Call "To Guard Five Little Crows.) On 30 Mar, 1909, after a long battle with diabetes, J. B. Mudgett died in Lafayette, Contra Costa County, California. (See obituary, Woodland Daily Democrat, Mar 30, 1909.) Mary is widowed for a third time. __________ Much speculation surrounds what happened to Mary after J. B. Mudgett's death. The best that we can tell is that she returned to the Pierce County, Washington area where her son Jacob and his family lived. Many believe she suffered an apoplectic stroke around the year 1913. We believe she passed in Nov 1916 due to paralysis and old age. (See Washington State Certificate of Death, #837, Pierce County, WA.)

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Mrs Mary Gass Crow Hills Mudgett's memorial is located at: Pauper County Public Cemetery, Tacoma, Pierce County, USA.
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Mrs Mary Gass Crow Hills Mudgett death on 26 Nov 1916 in Tacoma, Pierce County, Washington, USA
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Latitude: 47.2096000
Longitude: -122.4759000

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Emma Elizabeth Crow Tabor

(1869 - 1945)

Henry Clifford Crow

(1881 - 1961)

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