Mary Francis Stewart West

Lets Start with Mary Francis Stewart West.

I have Mary Francis Stewart listed in the 1870 Census as living in Hamilton County, Ohio Age 21 and born in Mississippi, We have her also living with her mother Ann E. Stewart age 42 born in Maryland. It shows Ann as having real estate valued at $2500 and personal property listed at $150. Also they are listed as Mulatto, This info is from the Mormom Church records, Ancestry .com records list them as white. I think that is just how they were transcribed. They do not show that they are living with her Dad and it is consistent with pictures I have seen of him but none of her.
 Also listed on this census are Lucy Harrisson age 23,Charles A Stewart, age 18 born in Mississippi , Solomon Stewart age 11 born in Ohio. This has them moving to Ohio between 1852 and 1859, during the Civil War, I do not see John Stewart listed anywhere, but for a Mulatto woman to own real Estate valued at $2500 in 1870 and to have moved to Ohio prior to the Civil War ending is amazing. I am still searching for John, but we do have a picture of him and he appears to be white. When we were at the Reunion Jim West remembers working for her family and they owned a farm in the Cincinnati area.

What I have determined is Mary Francis died Dec 2, 1924 and is buried in Ferncliff Cemetery in Springfield Her birth date is listed as 3/13/1848 by  Pleasant West on her death certificate Their address is listed as 235 Raffensberger , Springfield Oh. Also I have confirmed they were married in 1875 in Springfield Ohio.  He also listed her dads name as Solomon Stewart which is the name of her younger brother, I did find out that they often listed the middle name first on Census records back during that time frame or Pleasant might have known John Stewart by that name. he listed her mother as Eliza Parker so now we have another family name Parker in our history. Mary Francis was born in Mississippi . I have a note listed somewhere that tells me what County she was born in, when I locate that note I will edit this post again to add that info

So now here is the bonus info we found. Mary Francis was listed as a wash woman as her occupation and her mother was listed as a shirt maker. Her younger brother was listed as a Hotel Waiter in 1870. So now wwe know there are probably Stewart offspring that we are related to, but right now that is not my focus