Mary Jane Fisher was the mother of Mary Jane Shetterly Barnhizer, the grandmother of Sarah E. Barnhizer Wellons, the great grandmother of James H. Wellons and the great great grandmother of Ralph Wellons, my grandmother.
She was born on April 18, 1793 in Bedford County, Pennsylvania.
She died on February 11, 1864 in Perkinsville, Madison County, Indiana.
She married John Henry Shetterly, although the date and place are unknown.
Their daughter, Mary Jane Shetterly, was born on September 16, 1823.
The 1830 census has them in Madison County, Indiana with 9 children under the age of 20. This record may be of another close relative with the name Henry Shetterly.
The 1840 census in Clarmont County, Ohio shows them with 5 children under the age of 20. The husband is listed as “John Shetterly”.
She does not appear in the 1855 state census in Richland Township of Warren County, Iowa with her husband.
In the 1860 federal census she is in Warren County, Iowa and we have Henry 64, Mary 64 and no children in the household.
She died on February 11, 1864 in Perkinsville in Madison County, Indiana. Note that her daughter is with husband John Chapple Wellons and family in the area.
She is buried in Perkinsville Cemetery.
Note: In the History of Goshen Township of Clermount County, Ohio, John Henry Shetterly is said to be an M.E. (Methodist Episcopal) minister and that they married on April 26, 1810 and that they had 13 children.
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