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Mary (?) was born about 1795. She and Ashfordby Wintermute were married about 1817. She died in 1849. She was buried in Old Redstone Baptist Church Cemetery, Smock, Franklin, Fayette, Pennsylvania. She was buried in Old Redstone Baptist Church Cemetery, Smock, Franklin Twp., Fayette Co., Pennsylvania, USA.

Mary (?) was also known as Mary ? T. Michael Louden
3714 Merrimac Trail, Annandale, VA 22003-1547

"I have found the grave of George Wintermute and check the tombstone against the book. George is buried between the graves of Mary Wintermute and Ashfordby Wintermute (his son). Who is Mary Wintermute? The stone is very faded marble but looks like it says:
"Mary
wife of
?A? Wintermute
died
?1? Jan 181?4?
Aged 5????..."
The rest is unreadable but is shaped like the rest of "age" and a "quote of some sort" in smaller print as was the style at the time. The are no grave markers either side of these three or in front or behind. I assume these are filled graves but without current markers. If I assume that Mary is a previously undocumented wife of Ashfordby it raises the question of why they were not buried adjacent to one another instead of with a space between them where George is buried 10 years later.

Any ideas on who Mary "wife of Wintermute" is?
Mike Louden
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* I think this is solid enough to go with Mary (unknown) as the wife of Ashfordby Wintermute, noting her home in Franklin Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, and this same place the location of his burial. In this census she is the "head" of the family, as she likely would be noting that Ashfordby had died the previous year. The only thing that makes me question it is the one male 16-25 and one female 10-15 but my guess is that these two are living with Mary and children following her husband's death. The fact that Mary is the "head" indicates that the male 16-25 is not her spouse.
... one adult male 16-25 (don't know who this is) *
... one adult female 16-25 (this would be Mary)
... one female 10-15 (don't know who this is) *
... two females under 10 (Jane and Mary Ann seem a fit for this)

1820 United States Federal Census
Ancestry.com
Name: Mary Wintermute
Home in 1820 (City, County, State): Franklin Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania
Enumeration Date:August 7, 1820
Free White Persons, Males, 16 thru 25: 1
Free White Persons, Females - 16 thru 25: 1
Free White Persons, Females - 10 thru 15: 1
Free White Persons, Females, Under 10: 2
Number of Persons, Engaged in Agriculture: 1
Free White Persons, Under 16: 3
Total Free White Persons: 5

After the 1820 census, referring to any 1830 or 1840 census records that may be available, if Mary was no longer shown as head of the family it would be almost impossible to identify her with names of other family not listed, just shown as above, in age groups.

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* [These dates in findagrave do not agree with what we show for George's second wife Mary Ogden so not her. They could be Ashfordby's wife (noting w/o A. Wintermute) if the transcription of the dates from the marker is wrong.]
http://www.findagrave.com
Mary Wintermute
Birth: unknown
Death: Jan. 1, 1819
54y, 9m, 1d
w/o A. Wintermute
Burial: Old Redstone Baptist Cemetery, Smock, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, USA
Find A Grave Memorial # 94177640

* [The following are two more different attempts at transcription of this marker which is weather worn ... Note that if you go by her birth abt 1795, 54 years of age at death would be "1849" (not 1819) and could definitely fit and be explained by transcription error.]
Fayette County Genealogy Project
Redstone Baptist Cemetery - Franklin Twp.
Wintermute, Mary ... 1/18?? ... 71y, w/o A. Wintermute
and
Wintermutt, Mary ... 1/1/1819 ... 54y 9m 1d, w/o A.