1. Francis Hanshaw (c1802-1870) m Mary Ann Obrion Simmons (c1801-?)
 2.. John Jackson Hanshaw (1832-1913) m Mary Druzilla Arthurs (1850-1936)
 3... Pizariah Napoleon Hanshaw (1870-1942) m Lela Helen Grose (1887-1932)
 4.... Mary Retta Hanshaw (1908-1999)
       +Ledger L. Brown (1907-1959)

Mary Retta Hanshaw     [ID 14201]

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    (Mary Retta Hanshaw)^a,b,c    (Rettie Hanshaw)^d

Born Oct 8 1908, West Virginia.^a,b,c,209

She married Ledger L. Brown, about 1927.^c,e    (Limmie L. Brown)^f    Ledger, son of Ira E. + Nancy Brown, was born Sep 3 1907, West Virginia.^f,g,c,h,i    Ledger was the brother of Lemon Ule Brown, who married Mary's sister Hettie.

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Mary and Ledger were divorced.^h    Ledger died Sep 16 1959, St. Elizabeth Hospital, Youngstown, Mahoning County, Ohio; age 52; buried Belcher Cemetery, near Ovapa, Clay County, West Virginia.^h,i

In 1999 Mary was living in/near Ivydale, Clay County, West Virginia.²⁰⁹

Mary Retta Hanshaw died Dec 3 1999, Charleston Area Medical Center, Charleston, Kanawha County, West Virginia; buried Belcher Cemetery, Ovapa, Clay County, West Virginia.^209,j

Mary's obituary was published in "The Charleston Gazette-Mail" (Charleston, West Virginia) on December 5, 1999:^j

Mary Retta Brown BIG OTTER - Mary Retta Brown, 91, of Laurel Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, died Dec. 3, 1999, in General Division, CAMC, after a long illness. She was a homemaker. Surviving: son, Ledger Brown of Okeechobee, Fla.; sisters, Hettie Brown and Nettie Brown, both of Ovapa, Fla. [sic], Helen Jarvis of Florida; brother, Don Hanshaw of Florida; six grandchildren; five great-grandchildren. Service will be 10 a.m. Monday at Carl Wilson Funeral Home, Clay, with minister Paul Parsons officiating.    Burial will be in Belcher Cemetery, Ovapa.    Friends may call from 6 to 7 p.m. today at the funeral home.

Social Security information for Mary Retta Hanshaw: 233-38-6787

SOURCES

209. "Social Security Death Index" (as it is commonly called), derived from the Social Security Administration "Death Master File". See: http://www.rootsweb.com/~rwguide/lesson10.htm

(a) 1910 census, Henry District, Clay County, West Virginia; roll T624-1678, ED 2, page 286A, line #46, dwelling #201, family #204.

(b) 1920 census, Clay County, West Virginia; roll T625-1949, ED 28, page 15B-16A, line #97, dwelling #255, family #257.

(c) 1930 census, Clay County, West Virginia; roll T626-2350, ED 4, page 12B-13A, line #94, dwelling #220, family #220.

(d) Obituary of Drusila Helen (Hanshaw) Jarvis.

(e) Obituary of Pizariah Napoleon Hanshaw.

(f) 1910 census, Henry District, Clay County, West Virginia; roll T624-1678, ED 2, page 27A, line #17, dwelling #271, family #275.

(g) 1920 census, Henry District, Clay County, West Virginia; roll T625-1949, ED 28, page 15A, line #42, dwelling #246, family #248.

(h) Ohio Deaths, 1908-1944 and 1958-2002; http://www.ancestry.com.

(i) Clay County, West Virginia burials; USGenWeb Archives:
http://www.rootsweb.com/~wvclay/clocem1.htm.

(j) Obituary of Mary Retta Brown; "The Charleston Gazette-Mail", Dec 5 1999;
"Obituary Collection": http://www.ancestry.com.

(k) U.S. Public Records Index; http://www.ancestry.com.

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