Mary Jane Lenhart

(1863 - 1934)
Mary Jane Lenhart|b. 1863\nd. 1934|p44.htm|Peter Lenhart|b. 1827\nd. 1866|p18.htm|Salina Minervia Neff|b. 1833\nd. Dec 26, 1909|p19.htm|Joseph Lenhart|b. Oct 14, 1805|p46.htm|Elizabeth Baughman|b. about 1804\nd. 1862|p47.htm|John Neff|b. about 1798|p315.htm|Mary|b. about 1803\nd. between 1852 and 1856|p5224.htm|

Relationship=Grandaunt of Rev. Don Emmet (Sr.) Smith.
Relationship=2nd great-granddaughter of Christian Lenhart Sr..
Mary Jane
     Mary Jane Lenhart was born in 1863, daughter of Peter Lenhart and Salina Minervia Neff.1

Mary married Avery West.1

Mary appeared on the Otter Creek Township, Jackson County, Iowa, US census of June 13, 1900 living with her husband, Avery. She was 27 years old. She and Avery had been married for 3 years and she was the mother of 1 child (living). The child, Earl, was recorded as one year old and he had been born in Iowa. Mary Jane's mother , Salina, was also in the household. She was 66 years old, born in Pennsylvania, and listed as a boarder.2

Mary died in 1934.1
Mary Jane West

Child of Mary Jane Lenhart and Avery West

Citations

  1. [S3] Compiled by Doug & Gloria Lenhart with contributions by Grace Elda (Lenhart) Smith / Harriet Deahl / and other family members, "1998 Lenhart Family Reunion Notes", Washington State Department of Health (1998) Some portions recorded in Irvin Public Library, Irvin, Penn: FGS. Hereinafter cited as "1998 Lenhart Reunion."
  2. [S126] 1900 US Census, US Census Search, Heritage Quest Online, 1900, Iowa, Jackson, Otter Creek, Series: T623 Roll: 438 Page: 139.
  3. [S57] Interview with Doug & Gloria Lenhart (Lenhart Farm, Zwingle, Iowa), by Susan J. Noyes, 2003, 2005. Douglas Arthur Lenhart (Zwingle, Dubuque County, Iowa).
 


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