Mary Matilda Baxley ³

   FamilySearch ID: L1YZ-851.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1880 in Middleway, Jefferson, WV, United States. ⁴ The 1880 census recorded John Baxley, farmer, 28, living with wife Amanda, 28; William, 4; David, 3; Charles, 2; and Mary, 9 months born in August 1879. Everyone was born in West Virginia except Amanda in Pennsylvania.

2. Census in 1910 in Plano Township, Tulare, California, USA. ⁵ The 1910 census recorded living in the home of George W. Baxley, farmer, 50, and his wife and children: widow Mary M. West, 30, niece, with her children: Russel L., 7; Reenie B., 5, and Everett E., 22 months. Mary, her father, and her uncle George were born in West Virginia and her mother in Pennsylvania. The children were born in Kansas and their father in Missouri.

3. Newspaper: Tulare Advance Register, 26 Jan 1912, Tulare, Tulare, CA. ¹ WILL GARRISON NOW A BENEDICT
WAS MARRIED IN THIS CITY LAST NIGHT TO MRS. MARY WEST William Garrison, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Garrison of this city, and Mrs. Mary West, a young widow and formerly Miss Mary Baxley, were united in marriage last night at 7 o'clock at the home of the bride on north E street. The ceremony was performed by Judge W. M. DeWitt in the presence of only the immediate relatives of the contracting parties.

4. Newspaper: Tulare Advance-Register: William Grant Garrison - Mary Baxley Garrison Court Case, 4 Jun 1919, Tulare, Tulare, CA. ⁶ Bound Over to Superior Court
William G. Garrison was haled before Justice of the Peace Frymire this morning on a complaint filed by his divorced wife, Mary Garrison, which charges him with having failed Francis Garrison, age 4. A final decree of divorce granted Mrs. Garrison last fall provided for the payment of a certain amount of alimony for the support of herself and child. The case was bound over to the superior court.

5. Newspaper: Tulare Advance Register, 27 Apr 1922, Tulare, Tulare, CA. ² TULARE COUPLE WED IN FRESNO
Harry Graham, well known local barber, owner of the Palace Barber shop, and Mrs. Mary West, of Tulare, were married in Fresno late yesterday afternoon, according to advices from the Raisin City today. Graham and his bride left here for, Fresno yesterday afternoon and were married later in the day, though no details of the ceremony could be learned. Mrs. Graham has lived here for the past several years, and is well known here.
Graham has resided in Tulare for the past three years, and the couple have a host of friends here who will wish them success and happiness.

6. Newspaper: Tulare Advance: Probate of John W. Baxley, 5 Nov 1929, Tulare, Tulare, CA. ⁷ LEGAL NOTICES - NOTICE TO CREDITORS - In the Superior Court of the State of California, in and for the county of Tulare. In the Matter of the Estate of JOHN W. BAXLEY, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, by the undersigned, Mary Graham. the executris of the estate John W. Baxley, deceased, to the creditors of, and all persons having claim against said deceased, to file them with the nccessary vouchers in the office of the County Clerk of Lite above entitied Court within six months after the first publication of this notice, or to submit them with the necessary vouchers, within said six months, to the exceutrix at the office of Ward C. Rush. in the City of Tulare, County of Tulare, State of California, the same beine the place for the transaction of the business of said estate, in the * County of Tulare, State of California. Date of first publication this 8th day of November, 1920.
MARY GRAHAM, Exceutrix of the estate of John W. Baxley, deceased. Ward G. Rush, Attorney for the Executrix.
(Research Note: Mary Graham is John's daughter).

7. Obituary: Tulare Advance-Register on 25 Oct 1961 in Tulare, Tulare, CA. ⁸ Mrs. Mary Graham, 82, 650 E. King St., died at her home early today. A native of Leestown, Va., Mrs. Graham had lived in Tulare since 1910. She was a member of Tulare Garden Club and the First Methodist Church. Survivors include a son, Russell West, Tulare; two daughters, Mrs. Elwood V. (Reenie) Hess, Oakland, and Mrs. Geraldine Hadden, Watsonville; a sister, Mrs. Mattie Clark, Tulare; six grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren. Funeral services will be held Friday : at 2 p.m. in the Hamilton Peers Funeral Service chapel with Rev. Walter R. Gourley officiating. Burial will be in Tulare Cemetery.

Mary married Everett Eugene West on 11 Oct 1899 in Allen, Kansas, United States. (Everett Eugene West was born on 22 Dec 1869 in Montgomery, Missouri, United States,⁹ died on 4 Dec 1909 in Humboldt, Allen, Kansas, United States ⁹ and was buried in Humboldt, Allen, Kansas, United States of America ⁹.)

Mary next married William Grant Garrison on 25 Jan 1912 in Tulare, Tulare, CA.¹ The marriage ended in divorce in 1918. (William Grant Garrison was born on 13 Sep 1875 in Tulare, Tulare, CA,¹⁰ died on 6 Dec 1935 in Los Angeles, California, United States ¹⁰ and was buried in Los Angeles National Cemetery, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States ¹⁰.)

Mary next married Harry S. Graham on 26 Apr 1922 in Fresno, Fresno, CA.² (Harry S. Graham was born in 1871,¹¹ died on 24 Sep 1924 in Tulare, Tulare, CA ^{11 12} and was buried on 26 Sep 1924 in Tulare: Tulare Cemetery, Tulare, CA ¹¹.)