Individual Details

Daughter of Richard Lewis Neal & his wife Lucinda C. Gober, my ggg-aunt.

Mary M. Neal married Littleberry Holcombe after his first wife Arabella Ellen Smith Bridges (widow of Billings Bridges) died in 1867.

According to Arabella's obituary, at her death, she was 38 years of age and left behind a son (Bluford Butler Bridges) and "an infant daughter 15 months of age." Born 17 Jun 1866, Frances Ophelia "Frannie" Holcombe m. Hugh Lusk.

Littleberry Holcombe had no children with his second wife Mary M. Neal who was the only mother Frannie ever knew. After the death of Frannie's father Littleberry Holcombe in 1890, Mary lived with Frannie until Mary died in 1921.
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1850 United States Federal Census
Name: Mary Neal
Age: 20
Birth Year: abt 1830
Birthplace: Georgia
Home in 1850: Subdivision 65, Newton, Georgia
Gender: Female
Family Number: 1297
Household Members: Name Age
Richard L Neal 48
Laander Neal 50 [Lucinda]
Mary Neal 20
Wesley Neal 17
Frances Neal 14
Martha Neal 11
Laander Neal 8
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1860 United States Federal Census
Name: Mary M Neeld [Mary M Neal]
Age in 1860: 27
Birth Year: abt 1833
Birthplace: Georgia (country)
Home in 1860: Ranges 8 and 9, Calhoun, Alabama
Gender: Female
Post Office: Jacksonville
Household Members: Name Age
R L Neeld 57
Lucinda Neeld 58
Mary M Neeld 27
Wesley A Neeld 24
Francis M Neeld 21
Martha C Neeld 19
Lucinda A E Neeld 16
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1870 United States Federal Census
Name: Mary Holcomb [Mary Holcombe]
Age in 1870: 40
Birth Year: abt 1830
Birthplace: Georgia
Home in 1870: Township 13, Calhoun, Alabama
Race: White
Gender: Female
Post Office: Cross Plains
Household Members:
Name Age
L B Holcomb 49
Mary Holcomb 40
Ofuller Holcomb 4 [Frances Ophelia "Frannie"]
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1880 United States Federal Census
Name: Mary Holcomb [Mary Holcombe]
Age: 50
Birth Year: abt 1830 Birthplace: Georgia
Home in 1880: Ladiga, Calhoun, Alabama
Race: White Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Berry Holcomb
Occupation: Keeping House
Household Members: Name Age
Berry Holcomb 58
Mary Holcomb 50
Fanny Holcomb 14
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1900 United States Federal Census
Name: Mary Holcomb
Age: 72
Birth Date: Apr 1828
Birthplace: Georgia
Home in 1900: Rabbittown, Calhoun, Alabama
Race: White Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Mother
Marital Status: Widowed
Father's Birthplace: Georgia
Mother's Birthplace: Georgia
Mother: number of living children: 1
Mother: How many children: 1
Household Members: Name Age
R H F Lusk 23
Fannie O Lusk 33
Mary Holcomb 72
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1920 United States Federal Census
Name: Mary M Holcombe
Age: 90
Birth Year: abt 1830
Birthplace: Georgia
Home in 1920: Piedmont, Calhoun, Alabama
Street: Main Street
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Step Mother Stepmother]
Marital Status: Widowed [Widow]
Father's Birthplace: Georgia
Mother's Birthplace: Georgia
Able to Speak English: Yes
Occupation: None
Able to Read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Household Members: Name Age
Hugh F Lusk 43
Fannie O Lusk 53
Mary M Holcombe 90
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Alabama Deaths, 1908-59
Name: Mary M. Holcomb (Holecombe?)
Death Date: 9 May 1921
Death County: Calhoun
Volume: 16 Roll: 2 Page #: 7688

--INCORRECTLY INDEXED AS HALESUELIE ON THIS RECORD--
Alabama, Deaths and Burials Index, 1881-1974
Name: Mary M Halesuelie [Mary M Neal]
Birth Date: abt 1829
Death Date: 9 May 1921
Death Place: Calhoun, Alabama
Death Age: 92
Marital Status: Married
Gender: Female
Father Name: R L Neal
Spouse Name: Benj Halesuelie [this was her husband Littleberry's father Benjamin Holcombe]
FHL Film Number: 1908229

Birth	1828	Newton County, Georgia
Marriage	1865	Cherokee County, Alabama - Littleberry Holcombe
Death	9 May 1921	Piedmont, Cherokee County, Alabama
Burial		Goshen Valley Cemetery, Cherokee County, Alabama

Spouse

Littleberry Holcombe (1821 - 1890)