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| Highland County, Virginia |
Her gravemarker gives her birth (12 Nov 1849) and death (14 Apr 1919) dates. Her maiden name is confirmed by the death certificates of her sons Marcellas, Joseph and George (James Joshua's did not have any parent information). Her death certificate has her as Martha Marg Fortney, and has the death date four days earlier. It says her father's name was Wm Rowe (though the handwriting is so sloppy, the Rowe is practically illegible) [See image below]. Since we already have a confirmation of the maiden name, this is enough to confirm that her father was William Rowe. She was born in Highland County Virginia, and relocated with them to Preston County, West Virginia (then Virginia) in the mid-1860s.
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| The Rowe family moved from Highland County Virginia to Preston County (West) Virginia about 1865. |
The courthouse in Preston County burned in 1869, and all marriage records were destroyed except a few from 1866. Since Mary and Simon Peter were married sometime between 1864-1865, there is no record extant of their marriage. I'm uncertain where the Jan 1st date on Family Search came from, unless someone had a bible record.
Simon Peter Fortney
and Mary Margaret Rowe were married about 1865. It's interesting to note that
two of Mary's brothers married two of Simon Peter's sisters. In 1872, seven
years later, Mary's brother William A. Rowe married Simon's sister Phoebe
Fortney. In 1878, six years after that, Mary's brother James H. Rowe married
Simon Peter's sister Adaline Fortney.
Simon and Mary had
the following children:
1) Christmas
Marcellas Fortney b. 25 Dec 1865 Preston, WV; d. 3 Apr 1927 Clarksburg,
Harrison, WV
2) Dora U. Fortney
b. 4 Nov 1869 Preston, WV; d. 23 May 1926 Preston, WV
3) William Steven
Fortney b. 12 May 1870 Preston, WV; d. 3 Feb 1940 Marion, Smyth, VA
4) James Joshua
Fortney b. 5 Jan 1871 Preston, WV; d. 16 Oct 1950 Morgantown, Monongalia, WV
5) George F. Fortney
b. 10 Jul 1874 Preston, WV; d. 27 May 1936 Marion, WV
Mary shows up in
1870 with her husband Simon Peter and children in Lyon, Preston County.
Simon Peter Fortney, Mary's husband, died young. Mary remarried sometime thereafter to Simon's cousin, Eli H. Fortney. Their marriage record shows that Eli H. Fortney 25 married Mary Fortney 28 on 5/10/1877 in Preston County WV. The marriage was performed by Rev. D. W. Rogers.
Mary and Eli Henry Fortney had the following children:
1) Eli Uni Fortney b. 3 Dec 1877 Monongalia, d. 8 Aug 1928
2) John Walter Fortney b. 2 Mar 1880 Monongalia, d. 22 Aug 1926 Fairmont, Marion WV
3) Joseph Melvin Fortney b. Nov 1881 Monongalia, WV, d. 8 Feb 1958 Fairmont, Marion WV
4) Albert H. Fortney b. Apr 1884 Preston, WV, d. 1948 Marion WV
5) Rosa B. Fortney b. Jul 1887, d. aft 1920, married Charles W. Clark 26 May 1906 Marion WV
6) Henry “Harry” K. Fortney b. 1899 Marion, WV
In the 1880 Census,
she is still in Lyon, Preston County WV with her new husband, Eli H. Fortney
and children.
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| Mary Rowe Fortney in 1880 Census |
In 1900 & 1910
Census they appear in Marion County WV.
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| Mary Rowe Fortney in 1900 Census |
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| Mary Rowe Fortney in 1910 Census |
Her death record has her name wrong, however it is clear that it is her given the date and location of death:
A Cemetery transcript shows both Mary M. and Eli buried in Samuel Linn Cemetery:
Fortney, Eli H.
12-23-1857 (h) Mary M.
Fortney, Mary M.
11-12-1849 04-14-1919 (w) Eli H.
SAMUEL LINN CEMETERY
BENTONS FERRY, Fairmont, Marion Co. WV
Their grave marker reads:
Fortney
Eli H. Fortney
Dec. 23, 1857
Mary M. His Wife
Nov. 12, 849
Apr. 14, 1919
http://files.usgwarchives.org/wv/marion/cemetery/samllinn.txt
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