Individual Details

Mary Mercedes BOWLSBEY

(22 DEC 1898 - )



From early childhood, Mary's greatest interests in life were singing and working in the church. After marriage, Mercedes and her husband, Norval HILLYARD, lived in a mill house in Providence, MD. where their two children were born. Mercedes was active in the Rock Presbyterian Church. In 1933, the family purchased a home near Providence Corner where they resided until Norval died. Mercedes conyinued living in the family home until August of 1981, when ill health caused her move to Oxford Manor, a Presbyterian retirement home at Oxford, PA. Mercedes was a member of the Eastern Star.

Events

Birth22 DEC 1898Fair Hill, Cecil Co., MD
Marriage2 JAN 1920Norval Rutledge HILLYARD

Families

SpouseNorval Rutledge HILLYARD (1896 - 1950)
ChildJoseph Benjamin HILLYARD (1921 - )
ChildMillicent Marie HILLYARD (1928 - )
FatherJoseph William BOWLSBEY (1874 - 1973)
MotherJamesanna "Minnie" POWELL (1879 - 1943)
SiblingSarah Elizabeth BOWLSBEY (1901 - 1901)
SiblingLeonard Stanley "Stan" BOWLSBEY (1902 - 1958)
SiblingLee Miller BOWLSBEY (1906 - 1975)
SiblingJames Curry BOWLSBEY (1907 - 1964)
SiblingHarry BOWLSBEY (1910 - 1910)
SiblingPearl Evelyn "Anna" BOWLSBEY (1911 - )
SiblingJoseph William BOWLSBEY Jr. (1913 - 1913)
SiblingJohn Raymond BOWLSBEY (1916 - )
SiblingRuth LaVerne BOWLSBEY (1919 - 1989)