Mary Jane Jordan

Notes:

Said to be the daughter of Zachariah JORDAN and Kisiah STEPHENS. Ruby Boyett Burkett writes that she may never had been legally married to William Jackson BOYETT, and that their relationship was a bit confusing and tangled.

It appears that she and William had several children born around the same time that William and his second wife, Martha Davis, were also having children.

It also appears that she was married/in another relationship at least twice after Williams death; first having a daughter named Viola BELL in 1902, and then marrying Isaac HALE in approximately 1903. She had her 11th child, Mattie HALE, in 1904.

If she had a total of 11 children, minus one that was a HALE and one that was a BELL, that left her with Nine by BOYETT. (Maybe eight if the child that died were born to Bell or Hale?.or less if she had another husband in there somewhere).

(Research):

Census Listings:

1910 Federal Census
Louisiana, Vernon Parish, West Ward 5
Enumerated 20 and 21 April 1910
SD 8 ED 150 Sheet 4B
70-71
HALE Isaac Hd M W 59 Miss Miss Miss M1 7 yrs Saw Files at Mill
HALE Mary J Wife F W 47 La Miss Miss M2 7 yrs Mother of 11 children/10 still living Housework
BOYETT, Albert Son M W 11 S Tx Tx La Day Labor at Mill
BELL Viola Dtr F W 8 S La La La
HALE Mattie Dtr F W 6 La Miss La
Plus they had 11 men boarding with them, day laborers at the Mill, and a 62 year old servant, Amelia Jones.

Mary married William Jasper Boyett after 1880. William (son of Noah Boyett and Susan Putnell) was born on 15 Dec 1853 in Erin, Jasper County, Texas; died about 1899 in Louisiana; was buried in Cooper Cemetery, Vernon Parish, Louisiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
They may never have married legally.

1. Lillian Ann Boyett was born on 17 Oct 1881 in Louisiana; died on 31 Dec 1939.
2. John Wesley Boyett was born in Jul 1883 in Simpson, Vernon Parish, Louisiana; died on 18 Sep 1941 in Caddo Parish, Louisiana.
3. William Monroe Boyett was born on 28 May 1886 in Louisiana; died on 18 May 1936.
4. Benjamin Franklin Boyett was born about 1888 in Louisiana; and died.
5. Lela F. Boyett was born in Sep 1890 in Louisiana; and died.
6. Thomas Ezekial Boyett was born about 1892 in Louisiana; died about 1928 in Abilene, Taylor County, Texas.
7. Ezra Isah Boyett was born on 17 Jul 1893 in Rosepine, Vernon Parish, Louisiana; died on 28 Jul 1941 in Crowley, Acadia Parish, Louisiana.
8. Lettie Bell Boyett was born on 2 Sep 1896; died about 1933.
9. Albert David Boyett was born on 19 Jun 1898 in Newton County, Texas; died on 21 Jun 1947 in Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas; was buried on 24 Jun 1947 in Daniel Cemetery, Hardin County, Texas.