Common - Mary Ellen Wilson

Mary Ellen Wilson

F, b. 7 April 1847, d. 24 March 1929

Mary Ellen Wilson|b. 7 Apr 1847\nd. 24 Mar 1929|p632.htm|John Wilson|b. c 1820\nd. 1850|p428.htm|Judith Ann Shepherd|b. 15 Jan 1823\nd. 13 Dec 1901|p624.htm|David Wilson|b. c 1785\nd. 25 Oct 1857|p398.htm||||||||||

Mary Ellen Wilson was born 7 April 1847 in Audrain County, Missouri.^1,2,3 She was the daughter of John Wilson and Judith Ann Shepherd. The census of 1 June 1850 enumerated on 22 August 1850 in Audrain County, Missouri, listed Mary E. "Wilson" as a 3-year-old residing with John Wilson.¹ Mary Ellen Wilson married Peter Dickey on 7 November 1865 in Audrain County, Missouri..² Her husband, Peter Dickey, died before 1879. Mary Ellen Dickey married Andrew Jackson Yager on 23 December 1879 in Audrain County, Missouri..²
The census of 1 June 1880 enumerated on 13 June 1880 in North Wilson Township, Audrain County, Missouri, listed the following:

A Yeager, 42-year-old head of household, a farmer.⁴
Mary E. "Yeager", 33-year-old wife.⁴
Elizabeth "Yeager", 17-year-old daughter.⁴
Jasper "Yeager, 14-year-old son.⁴
May Jane "Yeager, 12-year-old daughter.⁴
Laura M. "Yeager, 11-year-old daughter.⁴
Lulu "Yeager, 10-year-old daughter.⁴
Henry L. "Yeager, 7-year-old son.⁴
Charly Hardin "Yeager, 4-year-old son.⁴

The census of 1 June 1900 enumerated in 1900 in Marion Township, Monroe County, Missouri, listed the following:

Andrew J. Yeager, 65-year-old male head of household, a farmer.⁵
Mary E. "Yeager", 50-year-old wife.⁵
Andrew J. Yeager, 19-year-old son, a farm laborer.⁵
Geoge E. Yeager, 16-year-old daughter.⁵
Nina D. Yeager, 14-year-old daughter.⁵
Frank Lee Yeager, 12-year-old son.⁵

Her husband, Andrew Jackson Yager, died on 3 July 1918 in Madison, Monroe County, Missouri.^2,6
The census of 1 January 1920 enumerated on 18 February 1920 in Jackson Township, Monroe County, Missouri, listed the following:

Dysart Boulware, 42-year-old male head of household, a farmer; b:Missouri fb:Kentucky mb:Missouri.⁷
Georgia "Boulware", 35-year-old wife; b:Missouri fb:Kentucky mb:Missouri.⁷
Mary Yager, 78-year-old widowed mother-in-law; b:Missouri fb:Missouri mb:Missouri.⁷

Mary Ellen Yager died on 24 March 1929 in Paris, Monroe County, Missouri.^2,3 She was buried in March 1929 in the Sunset Hill Cemetery, Madison, Monroe County, Missouri.

Monroe County Appeal, Friday, March 29, 1929

Mrs. Mary E. Yeager

Mrs. Mary Ellen Yeager, 86 years old, died Sunday afternoon at the home of her daughter, Mrs. John Donovan near Paris. The body was taken to Madison Monday and funeral services were conducted there by Rev. R. T. Calhoun at the Baptist church. Mrs. Yeager is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Donovan and Mrs. Dysart Boulware, three sons, Andrew and Frank of near Hannibal and Charles Dickey of Denver, Colorado.²

Children of Mary Ellen Wilson and Peter Dickey

Jasper Dickey b. c 1866
Mary Jane Dickey b. c 1868
Laura M. Dickey b. c 1869
Lulu Dickey b. c 1870
Henry Lewis Dickey b. 7 Apr 1873, d. 20 May 1950
Charles Hardin Dickey+ b. 3 May 1876, d. 12 Nov 1956

Children of Mary Ellen Wilson and Andrew Jackson Yager

Andrew Jackson Yager Jr.+ b. 29 Jan 1881, d. 9 Nov 1966
Georgia E. Yager+ b. 14 Jul 1883, d. 29 Jun 1957
Nina Dell Yager+ b. 13 Jan 1885, d. 2 Jul 1973
Frank Lee Yager+ b. Oct 1887, d. bt 1964 - 1966

Citations

[S301] 1850 U.S. Census, Audrain County, Missouri, page 170A line 30 dwelling 210 family 227.
[S549] Research of Timothy D. Dollens.
[S623] Mary Ellen Yager tombstone inscription.
[S440] 1880 U.S. Census, Audrain County, Missouri, ED 8 Sh 23 line 13 dwelling 195 family 195 page 190 A.
[S669] 1900 U.S. Census, Monroe County, Missouri.
[S624] Andrew Yager tombstone inscription.
[S1995] 1920 U.S. Census, Monroe County, Missouri, ED 118 Sh 07 A line 43 dwelling 161 family 161 page 021 A.