For years now I had been searching for Mary Ann under different last names: Sisney, Baxter, and Clark. I love it when things finally just fall into place and a whole new branch of my tree opens up. Such was the case with Grandmother Mary Ann. While looking at a Hembree record (which of course was mispelled as Hamby) I noticed a Sarah Baxter living next door. Looking further, I noticed she lived next door for over 20 years. That was my AHA! moment and the rest "is history".
Mary Ann Baxter was born on August 22, 1841 to Bryant Baxter and Sarah "Sally" Ross in Missouri. She might have been married briefly to a Mr. Clark in Arkansas. By the 1870 U.S. Census she is listed as Mary A. Hembree (Hamby) living next door to her brother William Baxter. It is not known at this time when or where she married Ephriam F. Hembree but together they had the following children:
- Mary Elizabeth Hembree (1864-1944); married Jeremiah Ross
- James Nathaniel Hembree (1864-1954); married Clara A. Chatman
- Rachel Lorinda Hembree (1868-1954); married William Green Hilburn
- Nancy Jane Hembree (1870-1936); married George Washington Cooper
- Lucinda Hembree (1873-1948); married 1st Thomas Johnson, 2nd Mr. Rucker
- Ephraim McDonald Hembree (1876-1936); married Melvina Dorsey
In the 1880 U.S. Census, the family was still living in Barry County, Missouri. This is where Mary Ann would live and die on October 20, 1897. She was buried in Old Easley Cemetery.
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| Headstone for Mary Ann Hembree - Findagrave.com |
Note about DNA matches: I was surprised by the instant match to the Ancestry DNA Circle for Mary Ann Baxter. All of 8 of us show as a Strong match. I then went to FamilyTree DNA to see if I could confirm or deny this. You guessed right, it shows as a match to both Ross and Baxter through various trees.
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