Marcus A. THAXTON & Harriet Jane MERRILL

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Marcus A. THAXTON
Harriet Jane MERRILL

Husband: Marcus A. "Mark" THAXTON
Birth: 1828/9, Prince Edward Co., VA
Death: 1870-80, Livingston Co., MO
Disposition: buried Edgewood Cemetery, Livingston Co., MO
Occupation: school teacher; real estate agent
Father: Benjamin D. THAXTON
Mother: Malinda L. GAULDING

Marriage: 4 Mar 1851, Grundy Co., MO

Wife: Harriet Jane MERRILL
Birth: 1834/5, MD
Death: 1870-80, Livingston Co., MO
Disposition: buried Edgewood Cemetery, Livingston Co., MO
Occupation: homemaker

Children:

1. Claude THAXTON, b. 1855/6, MO

Keywords for search engines: genealogy; USA, US, United States, Maryland, Missouri, Virginia

Sources:

1. Jordan R. Dodd, ed. 1998. Marriage Index: Missouri, 1851-1900. Liahona Research, Orem, UT (Broderbund CD-234):

Thornton, Marcus A. Merrill, Harriet Jane 4 Mar 1851 Grundy Co.

2. 1850 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #65 of 69): Dist. No. 35, Grundy Co., MO, p. 418A, 444/444, enumerated 17 Oct 1850, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1850 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

M.A. Tha?ton 21 M Sch'l Teacher Va

He is one of eight residents in a small hotel.

3a. AIS (Accelerated Index System) 1860 Census Index (online at Ancestry.com): cannot find.

3b. 1860 Census Images (online at Ancestry.com): I checked every page of Franklin and Washington Twps., Grundy Co. and Chillicothe, Livingston Co., but did not find our subjects.

4. 1870 Census Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #137 of 436): Farmersville P.O., City of Chillicothe, Livingston Co., MO, p. 491A, PN 54, 14/14 or 442/443, enumerated 23 Jun 1870, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1870 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

Thaxton Harriet 35 M W Housekeeper 3000 200 Md

_______ Claude 14 F W Mo

_______ Marcus 41 M W Real Estate Agt Va

Mayhon? Thomas 20 M W Laborer New Foundland

Fitzgerald John 21 M W " Canada

I have no explanation for the unusual ordering of this record.

5. 1880 United States Census and National Index (LDS Family History Resource File: CD-ROM Library): can't find Mark or Harriet, anywhere. There is a Claude THAXTON in Texas (b. 1856, MO) who may be our subjects' son. He is the only Claude THAXTON in the index.

6. Livingston Co., MO, Cemeteries (online at the Livingston County MOGenWeb site [link died]). Unfortunately, the information on the Edgewood Cemetery is not online, but must be purchased on CD.

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