Mary's obituary (see image on this memorial) indicated her parents' names were Gustave Schooley and Polly Pittman. Her death certificate gave the same names. The informant for the death certificate was "Mrs. J.S. Garland" [Mary's daughter, Annie]. Mary's memorial is linked to her parents, Gustavus Young Schooley (1818-1888) and Catherine A. (Pittman) Schooley (1820-1893). Polly seems a somewhat unusual nickname for a woman named Catherine; the reason for the nickname Polly remains unclear. To attempt to clarify matters, we looked at death certificates for some of Mary's siblings, with the following results:
1914 PA death certificate of Richard P. Schooley. Parents reported as "G.Y. Schooley" & "Katherine A. Pittman".
1915 PA death certificate of "I.W. Schooley" [Isaac W. Schooley]. Parents reported as "G.Y. Schooley" & "Cathern Pittman".
1925 Ohio death certificate of George Washington Schooley. Parents reported as Gustavus Schooley & "Cathern Peterman".
1933 PA death certificate of Gustavus Loraine Schooley. Parents reported as "G.Y. Schooley" & Catherine Pittman.
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From the Fulton County News issue of 28 February 1928, p. 1:
Mrs. Mary Schooley Hanks, widow of Benson Hanks, died on Sunday, February 12, in the home of her son-in-law, John Garland, of East Providence township, Bedford county, aged 76 years, ten months and eighteen days.
Mrs. Hanks was a daughter of Gustave and Polly Pittman Schooley, and was born near Gapsville on March 25, 1851. She is survived by the following children: Mrs. Mabel Butler of Mount Pleasant; Gustave Hanks, Breezewood; Mrs. Annie Garland of East Providence township; Mrs. Rachel Miller of Buck Valley; H.L. Hanks of Emmaville, and Jason G. Hanks of near Tatesville; also by a brother, Gustave L. Schooley of Harrisonville, and a sister, Mrs. Rachel Mellott of Needmore. Her husband passed away about nineteen years ago.
Mrs. Hanks was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church and was a good Christian woman who will be missed by family and friends. Funeral services were held on Wednesday, February 15, in the McKendree M.E. church, the Rev. W.L. Phillips of the Breezewood charge, officiating. Interment was made in the cemetery at the church.
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Cemetery Information: "HANKS, Mary E. McKENDREE b-25 Mar. 1851; d-20 Feb. 1928; h-Benson Hanks" (Although this source shows Feb. 20 as the death date, we believe she died Feb. 12, per the article above)
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In 1875, Mary married Benson Hanks. They had the following children:
1. Catharine Maye HANKS b: 11 MAR 1876
2. Gustavus L. HANKS b: 5 APR 1878
3. Annie Schooley HANKS b: 18 MAY 1880
4. Rachel Crossin HANKS b: 12 MAY 1882
5. Alice Lavina HANKS b: 17 MAR 1884
6. Margaret Grace HANKS b: 24 MAY 1887
7. Nathan Harry HANKS b: 18 FEB 1890
8. Jason George HANKS b: 1 MAY 1893 in Emmaville, Fulton Co. PA
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1910 PA Census: Fulton Co. Brush Creek Twp. ed 47, p. 4a, lines 48-50 & p. 4b, lines 51-53
Series T624, roll 1348, dwelling 63, family 64, 27 April 1910
Mary E. HANKS, Head, age 59, widowed, 8 children / 7 still alive, b. Penna., parents b. Penna., Farmer: Small Farm
Maggie E., dau, age 22, single; Harry N., son, age 20, single, Laborer: Working Out
Jason G., son, age 18, Laborer: On Farm; Bertha, dau, age 9
Agnes BRABSON, dau, age 5
1914 PA death certificate of Richard P. Schooley. Parents reported as "G.Y. Schooley" & "Katherine A. Pittman".
1915 PA death certificate of "I.W. Schooley" [Isaac W. Schooley]. Parents reported as "G.Y. Schooley" & "Cathern Pittman".
1925 Ohio death certificate of George Washington Schooley. Parents reported as Gustavus Schooley & "Cathern Peterman".
1933 PA death certificate of Gustavus Loraine Schooley. Parents reported as "G.Y. Schooley" & Catherine Pittman.
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From the Fulton County News issue of 28 February 1928, p. 1:
Mrs. Mary Schooley Hanks, widow of Benson Hanks, died on Sunday, February 12, in the home of her son-in-law, John Garland, of East Providence township, Bedford county, aged 76 years, ten months and eighteen days.
Mrs. Hanks was a daughter of Gustave and Polly Pittman Schooley, and was born near Gapsville on March 25, 1851. She is survived by the following children: Mrs. Mabel Butler of Mount Pleasant; Gustave Hanks, Breezewood; Mrs. Annie Garland of East Providence township; Mrs. Rachel Miller of Buck Valley; H.L. Hanks of Emmaville, and Jason G. Hanks of near Tatesville; also by a brother, Gustave L. Schooley of Harrisonville, and a sister, Mrs. Rachel Mellott of Needmore. Her husband passed away about nineteen years ago.
Mrs. Hanks was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church and was a good Christian woman who will be missed by family and friends. Funeral services were held on Wednesday, February 15, in the McKendree M.E. church, the Rev. W.L. Phillips of the Breezewood charge, officiating. Interment was made in the cemetery at the church.
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Cemetery Information: "HANKS, Mary E. McKENDREE b-25 Mar. 1851; d-20 Feb. 1928; h-Benson Hanks" (Although this source shows Feb. 20 as the death date, we believe she died Feb. 12, per the article above)
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In 1875, Mary married Benson Hanks. They had the following children:
1. Catharine Maye HANKS b: 11 MAR 1876
2. Gustavus L. HANKS b: 5 APR 1878
3. Annie Schooley HANKS b: 18 MAY 1880
4. Rachel Crossin HANKS b: 12 MAY 1882
5. Alice Lavina HANKS b: 17 MAR 1884
6. Margaret Grace HANKS b: 24 MAY 1887
7. Nathan Harry HANKS b: 18 FEB 1890
8. Jason George HANKS b: 1 MAY 1893 in Emmaville, Fulton Co. PA
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1910 PA Census: Fulton Co. Brush Creek Twp. ed 47, p. 4a, lines 48-50 & p. 4b, lines 51-53
Series T624, roll 1348, dwelling 63, family 64, 27 April 1910
Mary E. HANKS, Head, age 59, widowed, 8 children / 7 still alive, b. Penna., parents b. Penna., Farmer: Small Farm
Maggie E., dau, age 22, single; Harry N., son, age 20, single, Laborer: Working Out
Jason G., son, age 18, Laborer: On Farm; Bertha, dau, age 9
Agnes BRABSON, dau, age 5
Mary's obituary (see image on this memorial) indicated her parents' names were Gustave Schooley and Polly Pittman. Her death certificate gave the same names. The informant for the death certificate was "Mrs. J.S. Garland" [Mary's daughter, Annie]. Mary's memorial is linked to her parents, Gustavus Young Schooley (1818-1888) and Catherine A. (Pittman) Schooley (1820-1893). Polly seems a somewhat unusual nickname for a woman named Catherine; the reason for the nickname Polly remains unclear. To attempt to clarify matters, we looked at death certificates for some of Mary's siblings, with the following results:
1914 PA death certificate of Richard P. Schooley. Parents reported as "G.Y. Schooley" & "Katherine A. Pittman".
1915 PA death certificate of "I.W. Schooley" [Isaac W. Schooley]. Parents reported as "G.Y. Schooley" & "Cathern Pittman".
1925 Ohio death certificate of George Washington Schooley. Parents reported as Gustavus Schooley & "Cathern Peterman".
1933 PA death certificate of Gustavus Loraine Schooley. Parents reported as "G.Y. Schooley" & Catherine Pittman.
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From the Fulton County News issue of 28 February 1928, p. 1:
Mrs. Mary Schooley Hanks, widow of Benson Hanks, died on Sunday, February 12, in the home of her son-in-law, John Garland, of East Providence township, Bedford county, aged 76 years, ten months and eighteen days.
Mrs. Hanks was a daughter of Gustave and Polly Pittman Schooley, and was born near Gapsville on March 25, 1851. She is survived by the following children: Mrs. Mabel Butler of Mount Pleasant; Gustave Hanks, Breezewood; Mrs. Annie Garland of East Providence township; Mrs. Rachel Miller of Buck Valley; H.L. Hanks of Emmaville, and Jason G. Hanks of near Tatesville; also by a brother, Gustave L. Schooley of Harrisonville, and a sister, Mrs. Rachel Mellott of Needmore. Her husband passed away about nineteen years ago.
Mrs. Hanks was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church and was a good Christian woman who will be missed by family and friends. Funeral services were held on Wednesday, February 15, in the McKendree M.E. church, the Rev. W.L. Phillips of the Breezewood charge, officiating. Interment was made in the cemetery at the church.
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Cemetery Information: "HANKS, Mary E. McKENDREE b-25 Mar. 1851; d-20 Feb. 1928; h-Benson Hanks" (Although this source shows Feb. 20 as the death date, we believe she died Feb. 12, per the article above)
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In 1875, Mary married Benson Hanks. They had the following children:
1. Catharine Maye HANKS b: 11 MAR 1876
2. Gustavus L. HANKS b: 5 APR 1878
3. Annie Schooley HANKS b: 18 MAY 1880
4. Rachel Crossin HANKS b: 12 MAY 1882
5. Alice Lavina HANKS b: 17 MAR 1884
6. Margaret Grace HANKS b: 24 MAY 1887
7. Nathan Harry HANKS b: 18 FEB 1890
8. Jason George HANKS b: 1 MAY 1893 in Emmaville, Fulton Co. PA
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1910 PA Census: Fulton Co. Brush Creek Twp. ed 47, p. 4a, lines 48-50 & p. 4b, lines 51-53
Series T624, roll 1348, dwelling 63, family 64, 27 April 1910
Mary E. HANKS, Head, age 59, widowed, 8 children / 7 still alive, b. Penna., parents b. Penna., Farmer: Small Farm
Maggie E., dau, age 22, single; Harry N., son, age 20, single, Laborer: Working Out
Jason G., son, age 18, Laborer: On Farm; Bertha, dau, age 9
Agnes BRABSON, dau, age 5
1914 PA death certificate of Richard P. Schooley. Parents reported as "G.Y. Schooley" & "Katherine A. Pittman".
1915 PA death certificate of "I.W. Schooley" [Isaac W. Schooley]. Parents reported as "G.Y. Schooley" & "Cathern Pittman".
1925 Ohio death certificate of George Washington Schooley. Parents reported as Gustavus Schooley & "Cathern Peterman".
1933 PA death certificate of Gustavus Loraine Schooley. Parents reported as "G.Y. Schooley" & Catherine Pittman.
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From the Fulton County News issue of 28 February 1928, p. 1:
Mrs. Mary Schooley Hanks, widow of Benson Hanks, died on Sunday, February 12, in the home of her son-in-law, John Garland, of East Providence township, Bedford county, aged 76 years, ten months and eighteen days.
Mrs. Hanks was a daughter of Gustave and Polly Pittman Schooley, and was born near Gapsville on March 25, 1851. She is survived by the following children: Mrs. Mabel Butler of Mount Pleasant; Gustave Hanks, Breezewood; Mrs. Annie Garland of East Providence township; Mrs. Rachel Miller of Buck Valley; H.L. Hanks of Emmaville, and Jason G. Hanks of near Tatesville; also by a brother, Gustave L. Schooley of Harrisonville, and a sister, Mrs. Rachel Mellott of Needmore. Her husband passed away about nineteen years ago.
Mrs. Hanks was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church and was a good Christian woman who will be missed by family and friends. Funeral services were held on Wednesday, February 15, in the McKendree M.E. church, the Rev. W.L. Phillips of the Breezewood charge, officiating. Interment was made in the cemetery at the church.
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Cemetery Information: "HANKS, Mary E. McKENDREE b-25 Mar. 1851; d-20 Feb. 1928; h-Benson Hanks" (Although this source shows Feb. 20 as the death date, we believe she died Feb. 12, per the article above)
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In 1875, Mary married Benson Hanks. They had the following children:
1. Catharine Maye HANKS b: 11 MAR 1876
2. Gustavus L. HANKS b: 5 APR 1878
3. Annie Schooley HANKS b: 18 MAY 1880
4. Rachel Crossin HANKS b: 12 MAY 1882
5. Alice Lavina HANKS b: 17 MAR 1884
6. Margaret Grace HANKS b: 24 MAY 1887
7. Nathan Harry HANKS b: 18 FEB 1890
8. Jason George HANKS b: 1 MAY 1893 in Emmaville, Fulton Co. PA
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1910 PA Census: Fulton Co. Brush Creek Twp. ed 47, p. 4a, lines 48-50 & p. 4b, lines 51-53
Series T624, roll 1348, dwelling 63, family 64, 27 April 1910
Mary E. HANKS, Head, age 59, widowed, 8 children / 7 still alive, b. Penna., parents b. Penna., Farmer: Small Farm
Maggie E., dau, age 22, single; Harry N., son, age 20, single, Laborer: Working Out
Jason G., son, age 18, Laborer: On Farm; Bertha, dau, age 9
Agnes BRABSON, dau, age 5
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