Mary Marietta Wilcox was born Cayuga County, NY, the daughter of Jesse and Mary Wilcox. Jesse Wilcox moved from NY to Fawn River, St. Joseph Co., MI between 1830-1840. Jesse, died in 1841 when Mary Marietta was 15 years old. Mary Marietta Wilcox may have married three or possibly four times. Her first marriage record which can be verified was to Edward B. Harris 19 Aug 1847 Lee Co., Illinois. Edward and Mary M. had two daughters: Mary Elizabeth and Sarah Ellen. Mary Marietta supposedly had another daughter in 1855 but no verification of that birth can be found. No record of Edward B. Harris can be found in any census record after his marriage in 1847. Mary Marietta's marriage to John Holbrook is recorded 2 Dec 1858 in Carroll County, IL. A daughter to this marriage, Emma Holbrook was born in 1860. Mary Marietta's final marriage is to Francis M. Clifton, 1866 in Ft. Madison, Lee County, Iowa. Francis M. Clifton, Jr. was born in 1868. Mary Marietta's oldest daughter Mary Elizabeth "Betsy" Harris Drane died 1889 and is buried in a small rural cemetery in Keyapaha County, NE. Mary Marietta Clifton died just a little over a year after her daughter, at the age of 65, and was buried beside her daughter.
Mary Marietta Wilcox was born Cayuga County, NY, the daughter of Jesse and Mary Wilcox. Jesse Wilcox moved from NY to Fawn River, St. Joseph Co., MI between 1830-1840. Jesse, died in 1841 when Mary Marietta was 15 years old. Mary Marietta Wilcox may have married three or possibly four times. Her first marriage record which can be verified was to Edward B. Harris 19 Aug 1847 Lee Co., Illinois. Edward and Mary M. had two daughters: Mary Elizabeth and Sarah Ellen. Mary Marietta supposedly had another daughter in 1855 but no verification of that birth can be found. No record of Edward B. Harris can be found in any census record after his marriage in 1847. Mary Marietta's marriage to John Holbrook is recorded 2 Dec 1858 in Carroll County, IL. A daughter to this marriage, Emma Holbrook was born in 1860. Mary Marietta's final marriage is to Francis M. Clifton, 1866 in Ft. Madison, Lee County, Iowa. Francis M. Clifton, Jr. was born in 1868. Mary Marietta's oldest daughter Mary Elizabeth "Betsy" Harris Drane died 1889 and is buried in a small rural cemetery in Keyapaha County, NE. Mary Marietta Clifton died just a little over a year after her daughter, at the age of 65, and was buried beside her daughter.
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