Merritt Burgin Tolley & Mary E Calhoun

!NOTES:I (Marty Grant) am not related to this person as far as I know. They are the ancestors or relatives of one or more of my in-law or step-relatives*, so I have researched them to a small extent.
* Daughter Judie married into my Carpenter family.
* Sister Dorcus married into my Davis family;

!REFERENCE:
http://www.martygrant.com/
http://www.martygrant.com/genealogy/carpenter/
http://www.martygrant.com/genealogy/davis/

!NOTES:B/D 18 Dec 1843 per D/C, but that is several years off. In 1900 he was born Apr 1864, but that is also several years off. He was born ca 1850/51 per 1860 and 1870 census.;

!CENSUS:1860 Yancey Co., NC Ledger PO # 1099/1099
Isom Tolley 30 Farmer $50/121 NC
Sarah 30
Merrit 9
Alley 7 f
Frances 5 m
Darcus 1;

!CENSUS:1870 Mitchell Co., NC Little Rock Creek, Bakersville PO # 68/68*
Sarah Young 41 Keeping House $-/- Burke Co NC
Merritt 20 Farm Laborer Yancy Co, NC
Ally 18 at home """
Francis 14 m """
Emeline 13 """
* Next to Merritt Young, so perhaps mistakenly also listed as Youngs (that is her maiden name though).;

!MARRIAGE:28 Mar 1874 Mitchell Co., NC
Marrit Tolly & Poley Calhoun
From: FamilySearch.org;

!CENSUS:1880 Mitchell Co., NC Linville # 121/121
Merritt Tolly 29 M Farmer NC-NC-NC
Mary E. 23 wife M Keeping House
Nancy P. 4 dau
Sarah L. 2 dau
Sarah 52 Mother Wd Keeping House;

!MARRIAGE: 6 Jan 1895 Mitchell Co., NC
Morrill Tolley 35 & Tilda Hicks 18
at Cranberry
From: FamilySearch.org;

!CENSUS:1900 Mitchell Co., NC Linville # 206/211
Merrit Tolley head Apr 1864 (sic) 52 M 5 NC-NC-NC Farmer
Lorena wife Sep 1879 20 M 5 3-3
Flossie dau Oct 1888 11
Dora dau Apr 1896 4
Mattie dau Nov 1897 2
Julia dau Jun 1899 1;

!CENSUS:1910 Mitchell Co., NC Linville # 361/368
Mariat Tolley head 58 M2 15 NC-NC-NC Farmer
Rena wife 32 M 15 5-4
Dora dau 14
Martha dau 12
Judy dau 10
Marriat son 4;

!NOTES:Marty Grant's 2nd cousin, 5 times removed.;

!REFERENCE:
http://www.martygrant.com/
http://www.martygrant.com/genealogy/carpenter/

!NOTES:Maiden name Polly Calhoun b. Asdhe Co., NC per D/C of dau Flossie.;

!NOTES:I don't have any direct proof that Mary E. Calhoun is a child of John & Lydia, but it fits very well based upon them moving from Ashe (where Mary is proven to be born) to Mitchell (where Mary married around the same time), and them being the only older Calhouns in Mitchell that could be her parents. It isn't 100% that they are her parents, but I'd say if not, then they are very closely related to her. It doesn't help that I couldn't find her in 1860 or 1870 (nor them in 1870);

!CENSUS:1860 x

!CENSUS:1870 x

!MARRIAGE:28 Mar 1874 Mitchell Co., NC
Marrit Tolly & Poley Calhoun
From: FamilySearch.org;

!CENSUS:1880 Mitchell Co., NC Linville # 121/121
Merritt Tolly 29 M Farmer NC-NC-NC
Mary E. 23 wife M Keeping House
Nancy P. 4 dau
Sarah L. 2 dau
Sarah 52 Mother Wd Keeping House;

!NOTES:I (Marty Grant) am not related to this person as far as I know. They are the ancestors or relatives of one or more of my in-law or step-relatives*, so I have researched them to a small extent.
* Half-Sister Judie married into my Carpenter family.;

!REFERENCE:
http://www.martygrant.com/
http://www.martygrant.com/genealogy/carpenter/

!CENSUS:1880 Mitchell Co., NC Linville # 121/121
Merritt Tolly 29 M Farmer NC-NC-NC
Mary E. 23 wife M Keeping House
Nancy P. 4 dau
Sarah L. 2 dau
Sarah 52 Mother Wd Keeping House;

!NOTES:I (Marty Grant) am not related to this person as far as I know. They are the ancestors or relatives of one or more of my in-law or step-relatives*, so I have researched them to a small extent.
* Half-Sister Judie married into my Carpenter family.;

!REFERENCE:
http://www.martygrant.com/
http://www.martygrant.com/genealogy/carpenter/

!CENSUS:1900 Mitchell Co., NC Linville # 206/211
Merrit Tolley head Apr 1864 (sic) 52 M 5 NC-NC-NC Farmer
Lorena wife Sep 1879 20 M 5 3-3
Flossie dau Oct 1888 11
Dora dau Apr 1896 4
Mattie dau Nov 1897 2
Julia dau Jun 1899 1;

Marty and Karla Grant

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