Mary Ann Taber

Mary Ann Taber

Female 1835 - 1911  (75 years)
Person ID: I849 


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  • Name Mary Ann Taber 
    Name SAY 1847 
    Mary Ann Shirley 
    Born 10 Jul 1835  Plymouth, Marshall, Indiana, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Female 
    Died 1911  Marshall, Indiana, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Buried Oak Hill Cemetery, Plymouth, Marshall, Indiana, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4
    Siblings
    +1. Cyrus Taber,   b. 26 Jun 1833, Plymouth, Marshall, Indiana, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Dec 1877, Marshall, Indiana, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 44 years)
    +2. Mary Ann Taber (current person),   b. 10 Jul 1835, Plymouth, Marshall, Indiana, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1911, Marshall, Indiana, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years)
     3. Thomas Jefferson Taber,   b. 13 Nov 1837, Plymouth, Marshall, Indiana, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 May 1839, Plymouth, Marshall, Indiana, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 1 years)
  • Parents

    Family ID: F270 Group Sheet  |  Family Chart  
    Father Samuel Dennis Taber,   b. 19 Apr 1798, Tiverton, Newport, Rhode Island, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Apr 1864, Taber Homestead, Plymouth, Marshall, Indiana, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 66 years) 
    Mother Jane Pope,   b. 7 Mar 1806, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 May 1878, Marshall, Indiana, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years) 
    Married 1 Jul 1830 
  • Family

    Family ID: F293 Group Sheet  |  Family Chart   
    Husband Philemon Shirley,   b. 20 Nov 1833, Marion, Indiana, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Apr 1863, Marshall, Indiana, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 29 years) 
    Married 5 Nov 1857  Marshall, Indiana, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Children 
      1. Sarah Frances "Frank" Shirley,   b. 3 Aug 1858, Indiana, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Mar 1889  (Age 30 years)
  • Other Personal Events

    Ω Census daughter 1 Jun 1850 
    Ω Census wife 1 Jun 1860 
    Census 1 Jun 1870  Center Township, Marshall, Indiana, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    • The widowed Mary Shirley and her daughter lived next door to her brother Cyrus. Mary shared her home with her widowed mother, and her widowed sister
      Witness Role: head of household Mary Ann TABER
      Witness Role: daughter Sarah Frances SHIRLEY
      Witness Role: Mother Jane POPE
      Witness Role: sister-in-law Jane BARNHILL
    Family Search ID KPQ5-3XH 
    Ω Census Principal 1 Jun 1870 
    Will 22 Mar 1906  [6
    • Original will 22 Mar 1906:
      She asked to be buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, next to her daughter, Mrs. Frank Cummins. Donation of $500 was made to the Church of God and the Antioch Church, to be divided equally between them. She gave $200 to Miss Emily A. Stacy, perhaps a maid or caretaker. The residue of her estate was to be divided in 4 equal portions, 1/4 each to three of her nephews,Thomas O. Taber, Herman Taber and John H. Taber, and the remaining part split between nephew Samuel D. Taber and Frank L. Taber (son of nephew Herman Taber).

      Codicil 16 Jun 1909:
      In this codicil she increased the funding for gravesite care, and, most interestingly, disinherited her nephew Samuel Dennis Taber in favor of Harry L. Taber, son of her nephew Herman.
      Witness Role: Heir Frank Lawrence TABER
      Witness Role: Heir Herman TABER
      Witness Role: Heir John Heenan TABER
      Witness Role: Heir Samuel Dennis TABER
      Witness Role: Removed by codicil
      Witness Role: Heir Thomas Oliver TABER
      Witness Role: Heir Harry L. TABER
      Witness Role: Added by codicil
    Probate Feb 1914  Plymouth, Marshall, Indiana, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    _UID 54F74BF83DBB450FB5541F35DBE7843AB7A3 
  • Event Map

  • Source Citations

    1. [S821] Rosemary Listenberger, "Transcribed Records from Bibles in Plymouth Historical Museum: Samuel Dennis Taber and Herman Taber", Plymouth, Marshall County, IN, (circa 1973), copy in possession of Leslie Price..

    2. [S73] Rosemary Listenberger, "Compiled Research: Taber family", letter and documents to Barbara Brown, (23 March 1993), copy in possession of Leslie Price., Handwritten family group sheets, unknown original source.

    3. [S73] Rosemary Listenberger, "Compiled Research: Taber family", letter and documents to Barbara Brown, (23 March 1993), copy in possession of Leslie Price..

    4. [S552] Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 31 March 2021), memorial page for Mary Ann Tabor Shirley (10 Jul 1835–1911), Find a Grave Memorial no. 71615188, citing Oak Hill Cemetery, Plymouth, Marshall County, Indiana, USA ; Maintained by jay (contributor 47241357) ..

    5. [S696] United States, Bureau of the Census, "1870 US Census, Indiana, Marshall County, Center Township, p.91", (1 June 1870), FamilySearch Family History Library (https://familysearch.org: accessed 3 December 2018)..

    6. [S818] Rosemary Listenberger, "Transcript of Last Will and Testament: Mary Ann Taber Shirley", (Plymouth, IN, 1973), copy in possession of Leslie Price..

    7. [S73] Rosemary Listenberger, "Compiled Research: Taber family", letter and documents to Barbara Brown, (23 March 1993), copy in possession of Leslie Price., from Indiana Plymouth Courthouse-Decedent Estates.pdf.