Mary P. BETHURUM

   Another name for Mary was Mary O.

  General Notes:

In WFT vol 7 tree # 4284, Mary P. Bethurum m. to James Harness is listed as the daughter of David Porter, brother to William.

  Noted events in her life were:

• Census, 21 Aug 1850, District No. 2, Lincoln, Kentucky. ¹³¹
1) J. A. Harness, age 31, male, farmer, $400 real estate, born in Kentucky
2) Mary Harness, age 30 female, born in Kentucky
3) Wm Harness, age 6, male, born in Kentucky
4) A. A. Harness, age 4, female, born in Kentucky
5) David Harness, age 1, male, born in Kentucky

• Census, 5 Sep 1860, Crab Orchard, Lincoln, Kentucky. ¹²⁸
1) Jas A Harness, age 42, male, can't read occupation, $800 real estate, $2500 personal estate, born in Kentucky
2) Mary P, age 40, female, born in Kentucky
3) Wm M K, age 16, male, born in Kentucky, attended school
4) Elizabeth A, age 13, female, born in Kentucky, attended school
5) Jas H, age 9, male, born in Kentucky, attended school
6) Geo W, age 5, male, born in Kentucky
7) John, age 1, male, born in Kentucky

• Census, 3 Jun 1870, Hamlet, Mercer, Illinois. ¹²⁹
1) J. A. Harness, age 51, male, white, farmer, $5500 real estate, $1040 personal estate, born in Kentucky
2) Mary P., age 50, female, white, keeping house, born in Kentucky
3) Jas Harrison, age 19, male, white, assisting on farm, born in Kentucky, attended school
4) Geo W., age 14, male, white, born in Kentucky, attended school
5) John F., age 11, male, white, born in Kentucky, attended school

• Census, 8 Jun 1880, Perryton, Mercer, Illinois. ¹³⁰
1) James A. Harness, white, male, age 61, married, retired, born in Kentucky, father born in Virginia, mother born in Virginia
2) Mary P., white, female, age 60, wife, married, keeping home, born in Kentucky, father born in Ireland, mother born in South Carolina
3) Harry, white, male, age 28, son, single, farm for hire, born in Kentucky, father born in Kentucky, mother born in Kentucky

• Census, 4 Jun 1900, Reynolds, Rock Island, Illinois. ¹³²
1) James A. Harness, head, white, male, born in Oct 1818, age 81, married 59 years, born in Kentucky, father born in Virginia, mother born in Maryland, Capitalist, can read, write and speak english, owns home free
2) Mary P., wife, white, female, born in Oct 1819, age 80, married 59 years, 3 of 6 children living, born in Kentucky, father born in Ireland, mother born in South Carolina, can read, write and speak english
3) William M., son, white, male, born in June 1844, widowed, born in Kentucky, father born in Kentucky, mother born in Kentucky, can read, write and speak english

• Census, 19 Apr 1910, Reynolds, Rock Island, Illinois. ¹³³
1) William M. Harness, head, male, white, age 66, married once 37 years, born in Kentucky, father born in Kentucky, mother born in Kentucky, speaks english, can read and write
2) Mary P., mother, female, white, age 90, widowed, born in Kentucky, father born in Pennsylvania, mother born in Pennsylvania, can read and write

Mary married James A. HARNESS about 1843 in , , Kentucky. (James A. HARNESS was born in Oct 1819 in , , Kentucky.)