Mary Levick (1793-1883)

OVERVIEW

Mary was born in Shepherdstown, VA. She married first Thomas Morris (?-1814) who was reputedly killed in the War of 1812, during the battle of Washington DC in August of 1814, though some DAR records* indicated that he died in 1817.. She is reputed to have then married someone by the name of McAulrath, though documentation for this is very limited, being confined to unsourced notes in my fathers personal files. There are no entries for "McAlurath" or "McAulrath" in the census records for any year, so if there was a marriage around this time, it was probably to a person bearing a variant of something like "McIlreath".

Mary eventually married Frederick Lewis Goldizen, for which marriage there are adequate confirming records. This marriage is reputed to have occurred in 1824. However, there are a number of children who appear in later census records with DOB's in the period of 1814 to 1823. This may indicate that a) the marriage to Frederlick Lewis occurred earlier than is generally accepted, b) that Thomas Morris did not die as early as 1814, c) that these are children of Frederick Lewis by a previous marriage, or finally, d) these are the children by the McAulrath marriage.

Vita

	Entry	Source/Basis/Commentary
DOB:	15 Sept 1793	Based on Cemetery transcription; See extended note 1
POB:	WV
DOD:	12-28 1883 age 90 years, 3 months, 16 days	See extended note 1
POD:	Palmyra, Warren Co, IA
Burial:	Palmyra Cemetery, Palmyra, IA	See exended note 1.
Spouse 1:	Thomas Morris
DOM:	before 1819	Mary's youngest child is commonly given as 1819. Thomas Morris is identified as her husband in 1819 land transactions, and so is presumed to have married Mary prior to 1819
POM:	Indiana
Spouse 2:	Frederick Lewis Goldizen (1783-c1840)
DOM:	1824	The marriage date is commonly given as 1824; direct evidence for ths has not been found
POM:	Indiana
Father:	Caleb Levick (1755-1817)
Extended Note 1	From an unknown source, a typewritten sheet in my fathers papers, probably a page of a letter which he photocopied from an original in a library, dated 12/20/65. "I read off three adjacent stones in the Palmyra Cemetery: Mary Goldizer died 12-29-1883, aged 90 years, 3 months, 16 days John Morris died 10-23-1899, age 88 years, 8 months, 14 days Elizabeth, wife, died 7-22-1885, age 69 years, 9 months, 8 days. Mary is presumed to be mary Goldizen, John is her son by Thomas Morris, and Elizabeth is presumed to be John's wife.

Child List

Children of Mary Levick (1793-1883) by Thomas Morris (?-?)							Edit This List
Name	DOB	POB	DOD	POD	Spouse	DOM	POM	Notes
John Morris (1811-1899)	9 Feb 1811	"Banks of the Potomac River"	23 Oct 1899	Palmyra, Warren Co, IA	Elizabeth Whipple (1815-1885)	28 March 1839		DOB/DOD based on cemetery transcription, Palmyra Cem. Palmyra, Warren Co IA (see notes for Mary Levick in Vita. Obituary in The Indianola herald of 2 Nov 1899 gives biography, DOM, spouses full name, and identifies children
UnNamed?								"Biographical and Historical records of Iowa" (no date, no author, photocopy in papers of TLW
Children of Mary Levick (1793-1883) by McAulrath							Edit This List
Name	DOB	POB	DOD	POD	Spouse	DOM	POM	Notes
Lavina Goldizen	6 Oct 1816	OH	19 Oct 1897	Parke Co, IN	John Wannamaugher	6 Oct 1839 ?		See Extended Note (1)
Mahala Goldizen	14 Oct 1819	OH	7 Apr 1895					See Extended Note (1)
Enoch Goldizen	May 1821		12 Feb 1852	Parke Co, IN	Martha J		See Extended Note (1)
Margaret Goldizen	1822	VA			Jesse Falls			See Extended Note (1)
Children of Mary Levick (1793-1883) by Frederick Lewis Goldizen (1783-c1840)							Edit This List
William Goldizen	1825
Omer Goldizen	4 Jun 1827	Parke, Indiana,			Eliza Ann Rory
Ama Marie Goldizen (1827-1890)	3 May 1829	Parke, Indiana	19 Jul 1889		Robert Taylor (1824-1874)			Given name sometimes listed as "Amy Mary"
Joseph Goldizen	1831				Eliza A Fellers (1828-1900)
Extended Notes:	(1) Land grant records show that at the time Rachel Levick Ayers applied for a land grant based on her husbands service in the Revolution, Mary was married to Thomas Morris. After Thomas' death Mary married Frederick Lewis Goldizen. The DOM for this marriage is often given as 1824, though a source for this date is not known. However, accepting the 1824 date means that the first several children of Mary were by her first husband, Thomas Morris. More research on this point is needed.

Records

U.S. 1850 Census Records

Year	1850	House #	708	Commentary
State	IN	Family #	708	Mayr's age is not legible. She is shown adjacent to soninlaw Robert Taylor
County	Parke	Enumeration Date	12 Sept 1850
Township	Distr 85	Link to Ancestry Image
Name	Age	YOB	Occupation	POB
Mary Goldizen	not legible	-	-	VA
William Goldizen	25	1825	Farmer	MD
Homer Goldizen	23	1827	Farmer	MD

U.S. 1860 Census Records

Year	1860	House #		Commentary
State	IA	Family #		Mary Levick appears in household of son Omer; The move to Iowa appears to have occurred about 1856, based on childrens POB
County	Warren	Enumeration Date	15 Jun 1860
Township	Palmyra	Link to Ancestry Image
Name	Age	YOB	Occupation	POB
Omer Goldizen	33		Farmer	IN
Eliza Ann Goldizen	33			IN
Angelina Rany	10			IN
Winfield Goldizen	7			IN
John Goldizen	5			IN
Sarah E. Goldizen	3			IA
Mary E. Goldizen	2			IA
Eliza Goldizen	4/12			IA
Mary Goldizen	65			VA

U.S. 1870 Census Record

Year	1870	House #		Commentary
State	IA	Family #	44	Mary again appears in household of son Omer
County	Warren	Enumeration Date	28 June 1870
Township	Palmyra	Link to Ancestry Image
Name	Age	YOB	Occupation	POB

U.S. 1880 Census Record

Year	1880			House #		Commentary
State	IA			Family #
County	Warren			Enumeration Date
Township	Palmyra			Link to Ancestry Image
Name	Age	YOB	Occupation	Immigration Year	POB	Fathers POB	Mothers POB