Mary Margaret "Meg" Fortner

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parents:  Michael Fortner Jr and Alzelenia Ritchey

 
Birth:  29 Apr 1883  Martin Co, IN
Death:  05 Dec 1951 Newton Co, IN
Burial: Roselawn Cemetery, Newton Co, IN

Marriage #1

Eli Caswell Andis

 04 May 1899  Martin Co, IN

Children
James Everett Andis 24 Jun 1900
Ernest T Andis 20 Dec 1910
Carl Edward Andis 30 Mar 1922

children of Eli Caswell Andis and Mary Margaret "Meg" (Fortner) Andis

 

Marriage #2

James Hudson

 26 Apr 1947  Newton Co, IN

Children
 
Sources
1900 Federal census McCameron, Martin, IN - age 17  (view census information)
1920 Federal census Lincoln, Newton, IN - age 37  (view census information)
1930 Federal census Lincoln, Newton, IN - age 46  (view census information)
1940 Federal census Lincoln, Newton, IN - age 46  (view census information)
Ancestry.com WWI and WWI draft cards; news articles
GenGathering.com Volunteer Nadine Coles (obituaries)
Martin County Tribune - Loogootee, IN Delinquent Tax List for Brown Township - January 17, 1924
Martin Co IN Courthouse (Shoals, IN) Marriage records; birth records (personally viewed and transcribed)
Newton County, Indiana Cemeteries Online cemetery index
Hammond Times, Hammond, IN News articles
Newton County, Indiana Online marriage index
Newton Co, IN Clerk of Court (telephone) Death information
Find a Grave volunteers Harley Hoover, The Golden Rule and J V Tombstone photos - Roselawn Cemetery, Roselawn, Newton Co, Indiana
Find a Grave volunteer Laura Heckman Tombstone photos - Greenwood Cemetery, Michigan City, LaPorte, IN
Find a Grave volunteer Laura Heckman Tombstone photos - Greenwood Cemetery, Michigan City, LaPorte, Indiana
Find a Grave volunteer Bob Nielsen Tombstone photos - Blue Ridge Cemetery, Raub, Benton, IN
Find a Grave volunteer Linda Parnell Tombstone and cemetery photos - Lake Village Cemetery, Lake Village, Newton, Indiana
Find a Grave volunteers MichiganMike and M J Sharkey Tombstone and cemetery photos - Oakland Cemetery, Morocco, Newton, IN
Find a Grave volunteers Jackie & Ralph and Lola Harrison Tombstone and cemetery photos - Welsh Cemetery, Rensselear, Jasper, IN
Find a Grave volunteers Bob and Nancy Cannon and coan.net Tombstone and cemetery photos - Sugar Creek Cemetery, Stockland, Iroquois, IL
Family records Records belonging to Brandi Michelle (Keehn) Brennan
Family records Records and photos belonging to Janet Sue Andis
Family records Records and photos belonging to Mike Fortner
Family records Records and photos belonging to Nancy Howell
Family records Records belonging to Shirley (Andis) Sargent
Family research Research belonging to Valerie Boman and Debra Branigan

Miscellaneous Information
1) Parents of Mary Margaret "Meg" Fortner: Michael Fortner Jr (05 Oct 1854 Martin Co, IN-20 Feb 1930 Martin Co, IN; obituary; son of Michael Fortner Sr and Jane Barnes - see Michael Sr and Jane here under Hannah Bowman) and Alzelenia Ritchey (15 Nov 1856-13 Nov 1936; Michael and Alzelenia married 07 Oct 1875 Martin Co, IN; Michael and Alzelenia buried Old Salem Cemetery, Martin Co, IN - tombstone photos; Alzelenia is the daughter of Nicholas Ritchey (c. 1828 IN-19 Apr 1883 Wayne Co, MO) and Nancy Voorhees/Vorris (11 Jun 1826 Martin Co, IN - 03 Dec 1916 Cowan Two, Wayne, MO; buried unknown cemetery, Gipsy, MO; photo of Nancy; Nicholas and Nancy married 16 May 1850 Dover Hill, Martin, IN; Fortner family photos.

2) Husband (1) of Mary Margaret "Meg" Fortner:  Eli Caswell Andis - see link above.

3) Husband (2) of Mary Margaret "Meg" Fortner:  James Hudson - no information.

4) Meg's obituary and death certificate; cause of death: cerebral hemorrhage, hypertension.

5) Mary's Social Security record.

note: "Meg" is the sister of Elisha Ephraim "Eph" Fortner (found here) and Nancy Jane Fortner (found here).

 

Photos and/or signatures

thanks to Nancy Howell for the personal photos - except as note

Michael Fortner Jr and his wife Alzelenia (Ritchey) Fortner with their children 
back: John, Nancy Jane 
Michael holding Tom and Alzelenia holding Eph
front: George, Mary Margaret

1889

thanks to Mike Fortner for this photo

Eli Caswell Andis, his wife, Meg (Fortner) Andis  
and their son James Everett

c. 1901

 

James Everett Andis and unknown child

c. 1904

James Everett Andis (right) 
Ernest T Andis (center) 
and unknown girl

c. 1911

The Michael Fortner Jr Family
Michael and Alzelenia are the parents of Margaret "Meg" (Fortner) Andis

back row, left to right: James W Ritchey, Eli Hardwick, Nancy Jane (Fortner) Hardwick, 
Tom Fortner, Eli C Andis, Mary "Meg" (Fortner) Andis, Sylvia (Fortner) Streepy, Elisha Eph Fortner
front row, left to right: Roy Calvin Hardwick, Michael Fortner Jr, Virde Jonas Fortner, 
Alzelenia (Ritchey) Fortner, Everett Andis 

c. 1910

Tom Fortner, Verde Jonas Hardwick, Nancy (Fortner) Hardwick, Mary "Meg" (Fortner) Andis, Sylvia Fortner, Eph Fortner

c. 1910


thanks to Harley Hoover for this photo

Mary Margaret (Andis) Fortner, Hudson

Roselawn Cemetery 
Roselawn, Newton Co, Indiana

thanks to "J V" for this photo

 

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