Mary R. McCurdy 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
     Birth Date: 21 Mar 1828 - Tennessee
    Christening: 
          Death: 22 Aug 1899 -  ( at age 71) 1
         Burial: in Checotah Cem., McIntosh Co., Oklahoma
 Cause of Death:
Parents 
         Father: Samuel McCurdy (Abt 1803-After 1880)
         Mother: Rachel (Abt 1804-1870/1880)
Spouses and Children 
1. *William King McCurdy (25 Mar 1817 - 21 Aug 1877) 2 
       Marriage: Abt 1841
       Children:
                1. Thomas J. McCurdy (1842-1927)
                2. Manerva Jane McCurdy (1847-1910)
                3. James Harry McCurdy (1849-1916)
                4. Rachel Elizabeth McCurdy (1851-1899)
                5. Mary Isabelle McCurdy (Abt 1854-1932)
                6. Samuel Quate McCurdy (Abt 1858-      )
                7. William M. McCurdy (1863-1916)
                8. John N. McCurdy (1866-1943)
                9. Emiline Odela McCurdy (1869-1937)
Notes
General:
BIRTH YEAR:

Almost everything on the photograph of Mary's tombstone at Find-a-Grave is easily readable, but her birth year could be 1823 or 1828. Find-a-Grave says 1823, but 1828 is more nearly compatible with her age in the 1850, 1860, and 1880 censuses and with the ages of Thomas and Emodela in the 1880 census entry (she is living with her son Samuel).

Assume that Mary was born 21 Mar 1828. Her husband William's oldest child was born 22 Aug 1842. If Mary were his mother, she would have been 14 year 5 months old when he was born. She would have married when she was 13. That is unlikely. William probably had another first wife by whom he had only one child. We know nothing about her.

If Mary were born 21 Mar 1823, the first child is not a problem. However, in this case Mary would have been 45 years 10 months old when her youngest child was born. It is unlikely for a woman to have a child at that age.

WHO IS HER FATHER?

The death certificate of her daughter Mary Jane Coleman says that the maiden name of her mother was Mary McCurdy ('Mary Jane' on the death certificate, 'Manerva Jane' elsewhere). The death certificate of her daughter Mary I. Morrison says that the maiden name of her mother was McCurdy.

In the 1840 census in Washington Co., Arkansas there are 5 men with surname McCurdy. Samuel has a slot available in 1830 and 1840 for a girl born in 1828. No other man has an available slot.
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Sources

1 "Find-a-Grave," Memorial # 21138864.

2 Mac McCurdy, "http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com db: mactex."

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