Mary Magdalena CORWIN

(aged 67)Aat time of her death Maria Magdalena Dovenbarger Corwin BIRTH 1 Sep 1785 Elizabethtown, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA DEATH 4 Oct 1852 (aged 67) Logan County, Ohio, USA BURIAL New Salem Cemetery New Jerusalem, Logan County, Ohio, USA MEMORIAL ID 18469027 · View Source

Maria (Mary) Magdalena Dovenbarger was born in Elizabethtown, Lancaster Co.,PA shortly after her parents arrived from Germany. Her first marriage was to Thomas Hall, by whom she had two children. Her son, John Hall, died when he was small. Her daughter, Margaret (Peggy) Hall, married George Moots of Zanesfield, Logan Co., Ohio and reared a large family.

By her second marriage to Phineas Corwin on March 10, 1808 Mary had eight children named in order of their births as follows; John, Oliver, Daniel, Phineas, George, Thomas, Mary Ann, and Jacob. When her oldest child was 15 and the youngest but six months old, her husband died. Mary then moved with her family to Logan County, Ohio, settling in Jefferson Township. There she rented a farm about one mile south of Zanesfield. The family lived there for about five years, where she kept them together until they were grown and married. She lived to be sixty seven years of age and died in Rushcreek Township. She was widely and favorably known for her excellent and womanly qualities, was a devoted mother and a true and faithful friend. Bio notes: Source:

• PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD OF AUGLAIZE, LOGAN AND SHELBY COUNTIES, OHIO, published by Chapman Bros, Chicago, (1892), pages 325, 326
• Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 29 April 2019), memorial page for Maria Magdalena Dovenbarger Corwin (1 Sep 1785–4 Oct 1852), Find A Grave Memorial no. 18469027, citing New Salem Cemetery, New Jerusalem, Logan County, Ohio, USA ; Maintained by William G. Corwin (contributor 46894771) .
• https://www.myheritage.com/names/mary_dovenbarger