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cared for. 79 Mary probably lived with the sister at her parents’ home until she married in 1885 in Greenwood. 80 The executor of her father’s estate sold her father’s farmland as town lots in 1888 and 1889 and distributed other lots to beneficiaries like Mary. 81 She sold her lots in the 1890s. 82 Mary and her husband Warren Edgar Owens made their home in Clinton in a neighboring county. If Mary already were not a Presbyterian, she became one when she married, joining the town’s Presbyterian church where her husband probably was a member. 83 In 1920, Mary, her husband and children lived at 58 Broadway in Clinton. 84 She was a member of the Presbyterian church for many years and “always active in the organized work of her church.” 85 Mary died in 1927 in Clinton. The cause of death was PELLAGRA . The medical doctor who signed the death certificate wrote that he had treated her for three years for this disease. 86 Mary was buried in Clinton Cemetery. 87 79 1880 U.S. census, Abbeville Co., S.C., pop. sch., Greenwood Twp., ED 13, p. 49 (penned), dwell. 56, fam. 56, Samuel Bailey, Mary Bailey and Eugene Bailey. 80 Elliott, Kith and Kin , 103. Also, 1900 U.S. census, Laurens County, South Carolina, population schedule, Clinton Village, enumeration district (ED) 51, p. 90A (stamped), dwelling 8, family 8, W. Edgar Owens; digital image, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 11 November 2020), citing FHL microfilm 1241533. 81 Abbeville County, South Carolina, Court of Ordinary, Sale Bill of Real Est of Est, J.A. Bailey, Memorandum of Resale of Town Lots included in Return for 1889, James A. Bailey Estate; Box 186, Pkg. 4915, Abbeville County Probate Court, Abbeville. 82 “Real Estate Sales, Greenwood” The Abbeville (South Carolina) Press and Banner , 22 June 1892, online archives (https://www.newspapers.com : 18 November 2020), p. 1, col. 1. Also, “Real Estate Transfers, Greenwood,” The Abbeville (South Carolina) Press and Banner , 13 October 1897, online archives (https://www.newspapers.com : 18 November 2020), p. 12, col. 1. 83 “Mrs. Mary Bailey Owens, of Clinton, Succumbs,” The Greenville (South Carolina) News , 23 February 1927, online archives (https://www.newspapers.com : 11 November 2020), p. 5, col. 4. 84 1920 U.S. Laurens County, South Carolina, population schedule, Clinton Town, enumeration district (ED) 56, p. 12A, dwelling 91, family 97, Warren E. Owens; digital image, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 11 November 2020), citing NARA microfilm publication T625, roll 1699. 85 “Mrs. Mary Bailey Owens Succumbs,” p. 5, col. 4. 86 “South Carolina Death Records, 1821-1965,” certificate no. 4024, Mrs. Mary G. Owens, 21 February 1927, database with images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 5 January 2021), citing South Carolina Department of Archives and History, “South Carolina Death Records, 1925-1949,” Laurens County, Clinton. 87 Ancestry, Find A Grave , database with images (http://www.findagrave.com : 11 November 2020), memorial 8133896, Mary Bailey Owens, Clinton Cemetery, Clinton, Laurens County, South Carolina; gravestone photograph by Jimmy.

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