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Mary Young <I>Hall</I> Libbey

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Mary Young Hall Libbey

Birth
Saint Stephen, Charlotte County, New Brunswick, Canada
Death
29 May 1889 (aged 79)
Calais, Washington County, Maine, USA
Burial
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On Thursday last a number of the children of E. HALL gathered at the parental house on the ourskirts of St. Stephen to recognize his Golden Wedding. All the 13 children with whom the union of Mr. and Mrs. Hall have been blessed are living, though some are many miles distant. More than 40 grandchildren have been born and all but one, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. JACKSON who died in infancy, are alive. The children, in order of their birth are, George Wesley HALL of Baillie; Mary E. HALL, now Mrs. Joseph McVEY; Chas. W. HALL, now living in California; John W. HALL in Portland, Me.; Zachariah C. HALL in Minneapolis; Cynthia HALL wife of Arch. MAXWELL; Frank W. HALL in California; Sethly HALL in Portland, Me.; Unity HALL wife of C. JACKSON, Levi HALL, Addie HALL, Arthur HALL, Alfred HALL and Wilmot Tilley HALL, who are at home.
Martin J. HALL came to St. Croix valley from the town of Litchfield in 1790 when 30 years of age and bought from John FRINK a fifty acre farm situated just to the south of the house now occupied by the subjects of this sketch. (see original)(St. Croix Courier, November 1, 1894)

Among the handsome monuments that have been erected by Douglas Bros. this season (is one in Moores Mills Cemetery to the memory of the wife of Alex. DUNN. It is of dark blue marble from Vermont of cottage design and handsomely engraved).
Another fine piece of work constructed by them has been placed in St. Stephen Cemetery. It is a cap monument 12 feet high with draped urn and made from black granite cut at Beaver Lake, Maine. Three of the faces bear the following inscription: Mary Y. Emerson LIBBEY, born 1810 died May 29th, 1889 wife of Delaw LIBBEY and daughter of Elizabeth Emerson HALL. Mary Libbey Williams MARKS, born Aug. 17th, 1812, died January 27th, 1882. Elizabeth Libbey Emerson HALL, third white child born in St. Stephen, died Feb. 4, 1878, aged 93 years 9 mos. 9 days, sister yo Samuel LIBBEY, the first white child born here. (St. Croix Courier, October 4, 1894)

Mary Y. Emerson LIBBEY, born 1810 died May 29th, 1889 wife of Delaw LIBBEY and daughter of Elizabeth Emerson HALL.

d. Calais, Maine, 28th ult., Mary Y. LIBBY, age 79 years 3 mos. (Saint John Daily Telegraph, June 7, 1889)

d. Calais, Maine, May 28, Mary Y. LIBBY, age 79 years 3 mos.(St. Croix Courier, June 6, 1889)

In the 1881 Canada Census, widow Mary Y. Libbey, 69, born N.B., father born N.H., mother born N.B., was living on Grosvenor Street in Calais, Maine, with servant Louisa Loring, 16, born N.B., parents born N.B.

d. At her son's residence, St. David (Charlotte Co.) Elizabeth HALL widow of Martin J. HALL, age 95 years 9 mos. She was a member of the Methodist Church over 60 years. (St. Croix Courier, February 12, 1879)


Mary is the daughter of Martin Hall and Elizabeth Libby.


On Thursday last a number of the children of E. HALL gathered at the parental house on the ourskirts of St. Stephen to recognize his Golden Wedding. All the 13 children with whom the union of Mr. and Mrs. Hall have been blessed are living, though some are many miles distant. More than 40 grandchildren have been born and all but one, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. JACKSON who died in infancy, are alive. The children, in order of their birth are, George Wesley HALL of Baillie; Mary E. HALL, now Mrs. Joseph McVEY; Chas. W. HALL, now living in California; John W. HALL in Portland, Me.; Zachariah C. HALL in Minneapolis; Cynthia HALL wife of Arch. MAXWELL; Frank W. HALL in California; Sethly HALL in Portland, Me.; Unity HALL wife of C. JACKSON, Levi HALL, Addie HALL, Arthur HALL, Alfred HALL and Wilmot Tilley HALL, who are at home.
Martin J. HALL came to St. Croix valley from the town of Litchfield in 1790 when 30 years of age and bought from John FRINK a fifty acre farm situated just to the south of the house now occupied by the subjects of this sketch. (see original)(St. Croix Courier, November 1, 1894)

Among the handsome monuments that have been erected by Douglas Bros. this season (is one in Moores Mills Cemetery to the memory of the wife of Alex. DUNN. It is of dark blue marble from Vermont of cottage design and handsomely engraved).
Another fine piece of work constructed by them has been placed in St. Stephen Cemetery. It is a cap monument 12 feet high with draped urn and made from black granite cut at Beaver Lake, Maine. Three of the faces bear the following inscription: Mary Y. Emerson LIBBEY, born 1810 died May 29th, 1889 wife of Delaw LIBBEY and daughter of Elizabeth Emerson HALL. Mary Libbey Williams MARKS, born Aug. 17th, 1812, died January 27th, 1882. Elizabeth Libbey Emerson HALL, third white child born in St. Stephen, died Feb. 4, 1878, aged 93 years 9 mos. 9 days, sister yo Samuel LIBBEY, the first white child born here. (St. Croix Courier, October 4, 1894)

Mary Y. Emerson LIBBEY, born 1810 died May 29th, 1889 wife of Delaw LIBBEY and daughter of Elizabeth Emerson HALL.

d. Calais, Maine, 28th ult., Mary Y. LIBBY, age 79 years 3 mos. (Saint John Daily Telegraph, June 7, 1889)

d. Calais, Maine, May 28, Mary Y. LIBBY, age 79 years 3 mos.(St. Croix Courier, June 6, 1889)

In the 1881 Canada Census, widow Mary Y. Libbey, 69, born N.B., father born N.H., mother born N.B., was living on Grosvenor Street in Calais, Maine, with servant Louisa Loring, 16, born N.B., parents born N.B.

d. At her son's residence, St. David (Charlotte Co.) Elizabeth HALL widow of Martin J. HALL, age 95 years 9 mos. She was a member of the Methodist Church over 60 years. (St. Croix Courier, February 12, 1879)


Mary is the daughter of Martin Hall and Elizabeth Libby.




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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/163299049/mary_young-libbey: accessed ), memorial page for Mary Young Hall Libbey (Feb 1810–29 May 1889), Find a Grave Memorial ID 163299049, citing St Stephen Rural Cemetery, Saint Stephen, Charlotte County, New Brunswick, Canada; Maintained by SusanE (contributor 47098878).