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And another...There's a few women in this thread. Here's my addition to that cause!
Mary Erwin Bush Smith on her wedding day to Capt. William T. "Bloody Bill" Anderson, Sherman, TX March 2, 1864. Check out her hat.
Mary Erwin Anderson was pregnant with their child soon after, when Anderson returned to Missouri for the Spring campaign. Capt. Anderson was killed that fall in Richmond, on Oct 27, 1864. Their child would die in infancy.
Jim Anderson would married his brother's widow, Mary Erwin Anderson on Oct 21, 1868. Their daughter Jimmie Maude Anderson was born August 21, 1870; Jim Anderson was killed in late Nov 1869. Jimmie Maude Anderson lived in her mother's home that was contracted to be built by Capt. William Anderson her entire life until moving to a nursing home shortly before her death in 1966 at age 96.
Mary Erwin Anderson, just 24 yrs of age would be married one last time to Burrell P. Smith Jr., age 50 & son of the mayor in 1872 & gave birth to a daughter they named Bush Smith. Mary Erwin Anderson Smith died ~1918.