Birth: 23 March 1898 Vernal, Greene County, Mississippi, USA
Father: Lewis Harrington (Shug) Adams 1829/30-1860
Mother: Charlotte Cowart c1830-1903
Christening: Unknown
Marriage: 2 November 1878 Greene County, Mississippi, USA
Husband: Eli Theopolis Moffett 1854-1910
Death: 25 June 1898 Lucedale, George County, Mississippi, USA
Burial: Section B-7 Rocky Creek Cemetery, Lucedale, George County, Mississippi, USA
Thomas Moffett 1879-a1880
Wiley Leroy Moffett 1880-1868
Leila Vermelle Moffett [Havard] 1885-1961
Cammie Celeste Moffett [Brannan] 1886-1965
Louis L Moffett 1887-1890
Ella Charlotte Moffett 1890-1960
Julian Eli Moffett 1893-1971
Sarah Mae Moffett [Whatley] 1896-1973
Samuel E Moffett 1898-1973
There is confusion regarding her marriage and children. An Eli T Moffett was living in Jackson County, Mississippi in 1900 with the seven children excluding Thomas and Louis. However the birth of Thomas was only 6 months prior to that of Wiley from the 1880 census.
There is a submitted entry in the IGI for Mary P Adams born in 1859 in Mississippi, parents Lewis H or Shug Adams and Charlotte Cowart, and another with similar information except her birth is in Wilcox Count, Alabama.
There is an entry in the Pedigree Resource File for Mary P Adams born in 1859 parents Lewis H (Slug) Adams and Charlotte Cowart and her marriage to Eli T Moffitt in 1878.
There is an entry in the Ancestral Resource File for Mary P Adams born in 1859 parents Lewis H (Slug) Adams and Charlotte Cowart, her marriage to Eli P Moffitt in 1878, and a son Thomas Moffitt born in 1880 in Clark County, Mississippi.
In the 1860 census as Mary Adams aged 1, and living with LH and Charlott (parents?), Charls (brother?), and Margret, Nancy and Sarah (sisters?) in Greene County, Mississippi.
Her father died shortly after this census.
In the 1870 census as Mary Adams aged 8 and living with Charlote (mother?), Chas and Lewis (brothers?), Mancy and Mary (sisters?) and Ezekel Coward (grandfather?) in Greene, Mississippi. In the Greene County Census for 1870 she is Mary Adams living with Charlota, Maney, Chas, Sarah, Lewis and Ezakiel Coward.
In the 1880 census as Mary Mofet aged 19, born in Mississippi, white, and living with her husband Ely Moffet, and son Thomas Moffet (aged 4 months) who were living with her widowed mother (Charlotte), her two brothers (Charles and Lewis), and two sisters ( Nancey and Sarah) in Vernal, Greene County, Mississippi.
Entry in Cemetery Records Online for Mary P Moffett born on 23 March 1859 and died on 25 June 1898, in Section B-7. This is some 6 miles east of Lucedale towards Mobile, Alabama.
There are six entries in RootsWeb WorldConnect for Mary P Adams born in 1859 in Vernal, Greene County, Mississippi, parents Lewis H (Snug) Adams and Charlotte Cowart. Another two entries add her marriage to Eli T Moffett in 1878. Another gives her husband as Ely T Moffett and a son Thomas. Another entry gives her name as Mary E Adams born 22 August 1859, with the same parents, her marriage to Elby Moffett and a completely different set of eight children including Thomas. Another two entries give her name as Mary E Pernancy Adams born on 23 March 1859, parents Lewis Harrington "Shug" Adams and Charlotte Cowart her marriage to Eli Theopolis Moffett on 2 November 1878 in Greene County, Mississippi, 9 children including Ida born about 1880, but a second marriage on 6 February 1890 in Jacksob County, Mississippi to Ira William Moffett and three children, one of which weas born in 1900 two years after her death! (Ira William Moffett married a Mary E Adams).
There is an entry in Ancestry Public Member Trees for Mary E. Pernacy Adams bornon 23 March 1859, parents Lewis H (Snug) Adams and Charlotte Cowart and her death on 25 June 1898. There are five other entries adding her marriage to Eli Theopolis Moffett and to Ira William Moffett both on 2 November 1878 and to the latter also on 6 February 1890, with eight children by the former and three by the latter, but no mention of Thomas.
There is an entry in Goodwin Family History for Mary Pernancy Adams born on 23 March 1859, parents Lewis Harrington Adams and Charlotte Cowart, her marriage to Eli Theopolis Moffett on 2 November 1878 in Greene County, Mississippi, her eight children, her death on on 25 June 1898 and burial in Rocky Creek Cemetery, George County, Mississippi.
Mary Pernacy Adams was my fourth cousin twice removed.
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