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Mary Elizabeth Britt (b. September 25, 1825, d. September 11, 1899)

Mary Elizabeth Britt (daughter of Elisha D. Britt and Elizabeth Jones) was born September 25, 1825 in Wake Co. North Carolina, and died September 11, 1899 in Pike Co. Georgia. She married Phillip Thurman Heidle on March 23, 1845 in Monroe Co. Georgia, son of John Hidle and Mary Blakely.

Notes for Mary Elizabeth Britt:
Mary Elizabeth Britt was born in Wake Co. North Carolina where her parents, Elisha D. Britt and Elizabeth Jones had married. As a small child in the mid to late 1820's she moved with her family to Monroe Co. Georgia. Mary Britt, at age 19, married the boy next door- Phillip Thurman Heidle 29, son of John Heidle, who had moved his family about 1824 from Edgefield County, South Carolina, to Monroe County, Georgia.

Mary Britt Heidle was widowed after 17 years of marriage, leaving her with nine children, the youngest, Emma, only five months old. Her husband Phillip T. Heidle died August 29, 1862 in the battle known as Second Manassas in Virginia. Her brother-in-law, Dionicious Heidle, known as "Di", had died of a sickness on April 16, 1861 at Goldsboro, North Carolina. Mary's youngest brother, John T. Britt, in poor health in his early twenties- but a well known shoemaker who made shoes and leather goods for the Confederacy, traveled from Georgia to bring home for burial the remains Mary's husband Phillip and his brother Dionicious Hidle. The brothers were said to be buried side-by-side near Jug Town, Upson County, Georgia or in Pike County.

Mary Heidle applied for and received a widows pension for her husbands service to the Confederacy in Monroe and Upson Counties in Georgia, until her death in 1899. Mary never remarried.

Sources:
Hidle Heidle Hydle Family Tree by Gerald & Joan Hidle
History of Pike County, Georgia, 1822-1989; Published 1989; The Retired Teachers of Pike County and Pike County Journal & Reporter: Pgs. 518-519 (F355). HEIDLE - BRITT FAMILY (by: Patricia Keeble Noble)
Census:
1850 Monroe Co. Georgia, page 6. Listed as "Mary Hidle" age 24.
1860 Monroe Co. Georgia, page 757. Listed as "Mary Heidle" age 35, born NC.
1870 Pike Co. Georgia, page 10/118. Listed as "Mary Heidle" age 45, born NC, widow, Keeping House.
1880 Pike Co. Georgia, page 47/162. Listed as "Mary Hidle" age 53, in household of son "James Hidle." Also listed is "Earley (spelling?) Hidle" age 5, male (born circa 1875). Which of Mary & Phillip T. Heidle's children is the parent of Earley?

More About Mary Elizabeth Britt:
Burial: Beckham/Eppinger Cemetery, Molena, Pike Co. Georgia.

More About Mary Elizabeth Britt and Phillip Thurman Heidle:
Marriage: March 23, 1845, Monroe Co. Georgia.

Children of Mary Elizabeth Britt and Phillip Thurman Heidle are:

Sarah Frances Heidle, b. January 08, 1846, Monroe Co. Georgia, d. Aft. 1880.
Robert Blakely Heidle, b. May 02, 1847, Monroe Co. Georgia.
James Polk Heidle, b. January 20, 1849, Monroe Co. Georgia, d. Aft. 1900.
Susan Elanna Heidle, b. November 13, 1850, Monroe Co. Georgia, d., Little Rock, Pulaski Co. Arkansas.
Martha W. Heidle, b. March 14, 1855, Monroe Co. Georgia.
Phillip Houston Heidle, b. April 01, 1857, Monroe Co. Georgia, d. October 30, 1887, Pike Co. Georgia.
John Cary Heidle, b. March 04, 1859, Monroe Co. Georgia, d. November 29, 1916, Kaufman Co. Texas.
Mary Elizabeth Heidle, b. March 04, 1859, Monroe Co. Georgia, d. 1943, Lamar Co. Georgia.
+Emma Thurman Heidle, b. April 10, 1862, Monroe Co. Georgia, d. March 01, 1933, Amarillo, Potter Co. Texas.