Mary Jane Wells1
b. circa 1809
- Family Background:
- Horn and Allied Families
Mary Jane Wells was born circa 1809 in Georgia.2 She, a widow, married Elisha Thomas Horn on 21 August 1860 in Leake County, Mississippi.3 She was buried in Zion Hill Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, near Carthage, Leake County, Mississippi.1
Mary Jane Wells was a widow with grown children when she married Elisha Thomas Horn. There is some speculation that her daughter was the mother of Joshua Lawrence Horn's illegitimate son. Josh, who was Elisha Thomas' son, did acknowledge an illegitimate son, William Lewis, from the day he was born, but the mother never did. Joshua, to anyone's knowledge, never named her.4
Mary Jane Wells was a widow with grown children when she married Elisha Thomas Horn. There is some speculation that her daughter was the mother of Joshua Lawrence Horn's illegitimate son. Josh, who was Elisha Thomas' son, did acknowledge an illegitimate son, William Lewis, from the day he was born, but the mother never did. Joshua, to anyone's knowledge, never named her.4
Additional Data
Mary and E.T. Horne appeared on the 1 June 1870 Federal Census of Carthage, Leake County, Mississippi, enumerated 21 June 1870. Elisha Thomas' children from a previous marriage, Mary, Rebecca and Elijah, were listed as living with them, as was his stepson Sidney Horne.2 
J. Mary and E. Thomas Horne appeared on the 1 June 1880 Federal Census of Edinburg, Leake County, Mississippi, enumerated 10 June 1880.5
J. Mary and E. Thomas Horne appeared on the 1 June 1880 Federal Census of Edinburg, Leake County, Mississippi, enumerated 10 June 1880.5
Citations
- [S509] Various authors, comp., Horn Ancestors & Descendants of Elisha Thomas Horn of Zion Hill, Mississippi (n.p.: Unpublished, 1984), 165, citing John F. McCauley, grandson of Mary Jane.
- [S521] E.T. Horn household, 1870 U.S. Census, Leake County, Mississippi, population schedule, Carthage, page 88, dwelling 624, family 624; National Archives micropublication M593, roll 736.
- [S509] Various authors, Horn Ancestors & Descendants of Elisha Thomas Horn of Zion Hill, Mississippi, 165.
- [S570] Robert Gordon Horn, online <http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/h/o/r/…>, Robert Gordon Horn (<e-mail address>), downloaded 6 April 2004.
- [S535] Joshaway McCalley household, 1880 U.S. Census, Leake County, Mississippi, population schedule, Beat One, Edinburg, enumeration district (ED) 48, sheet 13A/331, dwelling 100, family 100; National Archives micropublication T9, roll 653.
