Third Generation

24. Mary Leona ALVERSON was born on 2 September 1863 in Ellisburg, Jefferson County, NY.^28,30 She appeared in the census in 1900 in La Grange Township, Monroe County, WI.³⁰ She died on 5 April 1944 at the age of 80 in Centralia, Lewis County, WA.²⁸

Mary Leona ALVERSON and Joseph NEWSOME Jr. were married on 30 June 1896 in Monroe County, WI.³⁸ Joseph NEWSOME Jr., son of Joseph NEWSOME and Maria CARDWELL, was born on 7 May 1840 in York, Yorkshire, England.^21,30,57 (According to the 1900 Census, his birth date was May 1839.) He appeared in the census in 1870 in Lincoln Township, Monroe County, WI.¹ About 1879 he was a farmer in La Grange Township, Monroe County, WI.²¹ Joseph appeared in the census in 1880 in La Grange Township, Monroe County, WI.²¹ He was the Census Enumerator, but his occupation was "Farmer." He appeared in the census in 1900 in La Grange Township, Monroe County, WI.³⁰ His household consisted of Joseph; his second wife, Mary; and his daughter, Belle.