Mary Harriette Cargon

(2 March 1877 - 27 September 1966)
Pedigree - three generations
Date this page was last edited=16 Jan 2017
Mary (Cargon) Mayne, July 1936
Mary Harriette Cargon was born on 2 March 1877.1 She was the daughter of William H. Cargon and Harriett Ann Walpole.

Mary Harriette Cargon appeared on the census of 2 June 1880 at Bedford Township, Westchester County, New York, in the household of her father.2 A photograph in the possession of Linda (Funk) Shook apparently shows her and her brother as young children. She became a member of the Katonah Methodist Church about 1891.3

Mary Harriette Cargon married Harry Zalmon Mayne, son of James C. Mayne and Josephine Burnett, on 31 May 1898 at Old Katonah, Westchester County, New York.4,5 The wedding took place at the home of the bride's parents on Cherry Street.5

Mary Harriette Cargon appeared on the census of 23 June 1900 at Bedford Township, Westchester County, New York, in the household of her husband.6

Mary Harriette Cargon appeared on the census of 1 June 1905 at Katonah, Westchester County, New York, in the household of her husband.7

Mary Harriette Cargon appeared on the census of 13 May 1910 at Bedford Township, Westchester County, New York, in the household of her husband.8

It was Martha DeVoe's understanding that Harry and Mary had no children of their own by choice, because they were second cousins (they both had William and Rachel Burnett as great-grandparents.)9

Mary Harriette Cargon appears in a group photograph of unknown date, possibly taken about 1915.

Mary Harriette Cargon appeared on the census of 1 June 1915 at Edgemont Road, Katonah, Westchester County, New York, together with Harry Mayne and Marion DeVoe.10

Mary Harriette Cargon and Harry Zalmon Mayne lived at 43 Edgemont Road, Katonah, Westchester County, New York, beginning in October 1925.11

Mary Harriette Cargon appears in a photograph of a family picnic taken possibly about 1930.

Mary Harriette Cargon appeared on the census of 9 April 1930 at Edgemont Road, Katonah, Bedford Township, Westchester County, New York, in the household of her husband.12

On 6 July 1934, Mary Mayne was injured when a passenger bus overturned twelve miles west of Bryce Canyon. (The compiler recalls being told it was a Tauck tour.13) She had a fractured leg, and was taken with several other passengers to a hospital at Cedar City, Utah.14

Mary Harriette Cargon appears in a family photo taken 5 July 1936 at Harry and Mary Mayne's beach house in Morningside, Milford, Connecticut.

Mary Harriette Cargon appeared on the census of 23 April 1940 at 43 Edgemont Road, Katonah, Westchester County, New York, in the household of her husband.15

Mary Harriette Cargon appears in a family photograph taken probably in summer 1943.

Mary Harriette Cargon appears in a photograph of a family picnic at 36 Davis Avenue, White Plains, New York, probably in summer (4 July?) 1944. F. K. DeVoe described his Aunt Mary as "a very stately person."16 On 15 Sep 1966, Mary Mayne and Marion DeVoe were visited at their Katonah home by Martha, Howard, and Patricia DeVoe. John and Catherine DeVoe were also there. Mary was very ill, probably on her death bed. Howard remembers carrying John into Mary's upstairs bedroom, and how delighted she was to touch a four-month old baby.17

Mary Harriette Cargon died on 27 September 1966 at 43 Edgemont Road, Katonah, Westchester County, New York, at age 89.18,3 The funeral was on 29 September 1966 at 43 Edgemont Road, Katonah, Westchester County, New York, at 2 pm.18 She was buried on 29 September 1966 in lot 1350 (Walpole plot), Kensico Cemetery, Valhalla, Westchester County, New York.19,20,21

Citations

  1. [S5] Bible presumably belonging to Walpole family.
  2. [S48] William Cargon household, 1880 U.S. census, Westchester County, New York, Bedford Township, Enumeration District 86.
  3. [S356] Reporter Dispatch, 27 September 1966, 18.
  4. [S8] Family records from a bible possibly belonging to the Cargon family.
  5. [S203] Katonah Times, 3 June 1898.
  6. [S46] Harry Z. Mayne household, 1900 U.S. census, Westchester County, New York, Bedford Township, Enumeration District 56.
  7. [S577] 1905 New York state census, Westchester County, Town of Bedford, fourth election district.
  8. [S256] Harry Z. Mayne household, 1910 U.S. census, Westchester County, New York, Bedford Township, enumeration district 4.
  9. [S74] Interview, Martha (Josselyn) DeVoe, 25 August 2002.
  10. [S573] 1915 New York state census, Westchester County, Bedford township, Election District 4.
  11. [S251] Taped interview, Marion DeVoe and Rachel (Troup) Watkins, 26 December 1976.
  12. [S61] Harry Mayne household, 1930 U.S. census, Westchester County, New York, Bedford Township, Enumeration District 95.
  13. [S92] Personal knowledge of Howard DeVoe.
  14. [S224] Unknown newspaper, unknown page.
  15. [S786] Harry Mayne household, 1940 U.S. census, Westchester County, New York, Katonah, Bedford Township.
  16. [S262] Taped interview, Frank Kenneth DeVoe, probably 26 December 1992.
  17. [S68] Appointment Diary of Howard DeVoe for 1966.
  18. [S263] New York Times, 28 September 1966, 47.
  19. [S231] Record of Interments, Lot 1350, Kensico Cemetery, Vahalla, New York.
  20. [S232] Gravestone inscriptions, lot 1350, Kensico Cemetery, Valhalla, New York.
  21. [S833] Find A Grave memorial page for Mary Harriette Cargon Mayne (1877 - 1966).

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