Mary Ann Corliss
Mary Ann Corliss (maiden name: Austin) was born around 1823 in New Hampshire. She married John S. Corliss on November 21, 1841, and they had at least six children: Elizabeth, born around 1843; Esther, born around 1846; John, born around 1847; Melissa, born around 1852; Alonzo, born around 1854; and Isabel, born around 1857. They lived in Wilmot, New Hampshire, and her husband worked as a laborer and farm hand. By 1860, they owned $50 of personal property. Her husband enlisted in the Union army in October 1861, and he died in the Battle of Fort Wagner on July 18, 1863. She applied for a widow’s pension in January 1864 and secured one valued at $8 per month five months later. She died sometime after 1864.
2048
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(2048)Corliss, Mary Ann ~ Austin, Mary Ann1823
  • Conflict Side: Union
  • Role: Civilian
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  • Gender: Female
  • Race: White

People - Records: 3

  • (2048) Corliss, Mary Ann is the [wife of] (2047) Corliss, John S.
  • (2048) Corliss, Mary Ann is the [parent-in-law of] (2049) Hastings, John Nelson
  • (2050) Hastings, Mary Elizabeth is the [child of] (2048) Corliss, Mary Ann

Places - Records: 2

  • (596) [birth] ~ New Hampshire
  • (4197) [residence in 1860] ~ Wilmot, Merrimack County, New Hampshire

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SOURCES

1850 and 1860 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865, available from Ancestry.com; New Hampshire Marriage and Divorce Records, 1659-1947, available from Ancestry.com; Case Files of Approved Pension Applications of Widows and Other Dependents of Civil War Veterans, ca. 1861-ca. 1910, available from Fold3.com.