Mary Alice married David Mitchell Gornto on 27 Feb 1882 at the age of 15. They had 9 children. She helped build their farmhouse and split cypress shingles for the roof.
I have been unable to locate two of the children's graves who died young. The first was Walter Gornto - the eldest child. He was born in 1884 and died before the 1900 census. The second is his younger sister, Corrine, who was born abt 1891 and also died before the 1900 census.
The name GARNTO on the tombstone is a mistake...all known records have the name as GORNTO
I should add a story. When I was a young girl, I went to visit my great aunt Rosa Gornto Bush. She told me a story about how her mother use to take their old quilts, wrap their curred hams in them and bury them in the banks of the black waters on the Suwannee River to keep the food out of the Yankee's hands. I thought she was just making up stories, but when I checked the dates, I found that Alice had indeed been alive when the "War of Northern Aggression' took place.
I have been unable to locate two of the children's graves who died young. The first was Walter Gornto - the eldest child. He was born in 1884 and died before the 1900 census. The second is his younger sister, Corrine, who was born abt 1891 and also died before the 1900 census.
The name GARNTO on the tombstone is a mistake...all known records have the name as GORNTO
I should add a story. When I was a young girl, I went to visit my great aunt Rosa Gornto Bush. She told me a story about how her mother use to take their old quilts, wrap their curred hams in them and bury them in the banks of the black waters on the Suwannee River to keep the food out of the Yankee's hands. I thought she was just making up stories, but when I checked the dates, I found that Alice had indeed been alive when the "War of Northern Aggression' took place.
Mary Alice married David Mitchell Gornto on 27 Feb 1882 at the age of 15. They had 9 children. She helped build their farmhouse and split cypress shingles for the roof.
I have been unable to locate two of the children's graves who died young. The first was Walter Gornto - the eldest child. He was born in 1884 and died before the 1900 census. The second is his younger sister, Corrine, who was born abt 1891 and also died before the 1900 census.
The name GARNTO on the tombstone is a mistake...all known records have the name as GORNTO
I should add a story. When I was a young girl, I went to visit my great aunt Rosa Gornto Bush. She told me a story about how her mother use to take their old quilts, wrap their curred hams in them and bury them in the banks of the black waters on the Suwannee River to keep the food out of the Yankee's hands. I thought she was just making up stories, but when I checked the dates, I found that Alice had indeed been alive when the "War of Northern Aggression' took place.
I have been unable to locate two of the children's graves who died young. The first was Walter Gornto - the eldest child. He was born in 1884 and died before the 1900 census. The second is his younger sister, Corrine, who was born abt 1891 and also died before the 1900 census.
The name GARNTO on the tombstone is a mistake...all known records have the name as GORNTO
I should add a story. When I was a young girl, I went to visit my great aunt Rosa Gornto Bush. She told me a story about how her mother use to take their old quilts, wrap their curred hams in them and bury them in the banks of the black waters on the Suwannee River to keep the food out of the Yankee's hands. I thought she was just making up stories, but when I checked the dates, I found that Alice had indeed been alive when the "War of Northern Aggression' took place.
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