Mary J. Peterson (Gammon)

Mary Jane GAMMON

Born: 29 Aug 1825 Weld, Franklin, Maine

Died: Bef 11 Sep 1879

Father: Elijah E. GAMMON

Mother: Hannah DUNTON, b: ABT 1801 in Maine

Married: 6 May 1860 Franklin Co., Maine,

Spouse: Lewis B. PETERSON, b. 1830, Kingfield, Franklin, Maine; d. 7 Nov 1898, Kingfield, Franklin, Maine

Children

1. Mary Etta PETERSON, b. Abt 1861, Maine; m. 1) Edward WALKER; m. 2) 22 Feb 1908, Maine, John Wesley Cox
2. Roscoe Lewis PETERSON, b. 1862, Maine; d. 1938, Maine; m. 1884, Nellie Eva Taylor

1850 US Census for Weld, Franklin, Maine lists: Elijah E. Gammon, 50, Occup: Farmer; Hannah Gammon, 49, Oliver P. Gammon, 21, Occup: Farmer; Elijah H. Gammon, 18, Occup: Farmer; Mary Jane Gammon, 25; Hannah Gammon, 9. All residents born in Maine.

1860 US Census for Weld, Franklin, Maine, lists: Elijah E. Gammon, 60, Occup: Farmer; Louis B. Peterson, 28, Occup: Farmer; Mary J. Peterson, 35, Housewife. All residents born in Maine.

Buried: Riverside Cemetery, Kingfield, Franklin, Maine

Notes

   Wedding date extracted from summary of Maine Supreme Judicial Court decision regarding Lewis B. Peterson. In testimony, minister Ebenezer Chandler read his record of a marriage that he performed between Lewis B. Peterson and Mary J. Gammon, solemized May 6, 1860 in Franklin County.

   Various records available on Ancestry.com list a death date of "19 November 1892" However, this death date appears to be incorrect, according to the summation of a State Supreme Court ruling stating "There was evidence tending to show that said Lewis B. Peterson and Mary Jane Gammon lived together as husband and wife from the date of the marriage to the time of said Mary Jane's death..." This court opinion was published on September 11, 1879, implying that Mary Jane Gammon had died prior to this date.

Sources:

http://www.connectedbloodlines.com/getperson.php?personID=I7406&tre...

Histories: http://www.connectedbloodlines.com/showmedia.php?mediaID=2795&media...

Ancestors of Michael A. Peterson - http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db...