Mary Dodson Winfrey

Mary Dodson Winfrey (maiden name: Dodson) was born on January 17, 1855, in Spring Hill, Tennessee. She became the fourth wife of John M. Winfrey on October 17, 1887, in Columbus, Kansas. Their son Lewis was born on October 8, 1889. The family briefly lived in Welch, Oklahoma, in the 1890s before returning to Kansas. John died on April 5, 1902, in Chetopa, Kansas. Mary eventually secured a widow's pension, but the pension agency dropped her from its rolls when she married Jake Renfro. After Renfro died in 1923, Mary successfully applied to receive her pension again. She died in Kansas City, Missouri, on June 14, 1940.

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Name:Winfrey, Mary Dodson
Alternative names:
  • Renfro, Mary (alternative name)
  • Dotson, Mary (alternative name)
Roles:
  • Spouse
Gender:F
Race:Black
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Person 1Person 2NumberRelation Type
Winfrey, John M.Winfrey, Mary Dodson760844.0application-widow
Winfrey, John M.Winfrey, Mary Dodson596721.0certificate-widow
Birth date:1855-01-17
Birth date certainty:Certain
Birth place:Spring Hill, TN
Death date:1940-06-14
Death place:Kansas City, MO
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Person 1Relation TypePerson 2
Winfrey, Mary Dodsonparent ofWinfrey, Lewis
Winfrey, Mary Dodsonwife ofWinfrey, John M.
SOURCES

Pension Records for John M. Winfrey, RG15, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.; United States Federal Census, 1900; Kansas, County Marriage Records for John M. Winfrey and Mary Dodson, accessed through Ancestry.com.