Re: Henry, William, and Wilber HEWES-Virg
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In reply to:
Re: Henry, William, and Wilber HEWES-Virg
4/14/01
Hello all,
I'm going to chime in on this, "Wilbert had a sister named Mary"
Her full name is, Mary Elizabeth Hewes, b 2 Jan 1864, and I doubt she was a natural sister. However, she is my great grandmother, and was married to Stephen Edgar Percival, 31 Aug 1879, Beverly, Lincoln Co, KS. They had 10 children.
Here's my story, and I'm stickin' to it!
Not so long ago, I contacted a person asking him to clarify why her (Mary) name was Emaline. According to the copies of the family bible, it states, Elizabeth. He asked for a copy of the bible page, so I emailed it to him. During the course of our communication back and forth, I told him she was Quapaw Indian. He asked me why I thought she was Indian, because even her death cert stated she was white. I said I had seen a picture of her, "and it will be forever branded in my mind...." He sent me a copy of the certificate. Yes, it is her. Yes, it does say, white. This must have shocked the socks off of this gentleman, as he has not contacted me since.
All her life she would declare white. One can only imagine what she would have gone through otherwise. Although, after interviewing a few people about Mary, I learned she was very quiet, and hardly ever smiled. Her husband, Stephen, was known to be mean. This may answer, who was reporting what.
I have hunted high and low for some documentation on Mary's residence in 1870. I am completely convinced she was adopted by William E. and Rebecca (Higginbotham) Hewes. Since neither reported to be Indian, and may very well be the same situation Mary found herself in.
Can someone tell me if....
1. They found a 1870 census record on this family?
2. Have, or know of, a record that clearly states Mary is the natural daughter of this couple? Perhaps a bible notation recording the day of her birth?
I don't need to visually see the document, so you wouldn't be giving up anything. The more I dig, the more I find that these are not Mary's natural parents.
Thank you for your time,
Amorita