Mary E. Rushmore

    Mary E. Rushmore was born in 1820 at Canada. She and Nathan Wentworth were married on Friday, 9 September 1836 at Lockport, New York, USA. She appeared on the census of Wednesday, 20 June 1860 in the household of Nathan Wentworth at San Francisco, San Francisco Co., California, USA. She was listed as: Mary Wentworth, 39, female, born Canada. She appeared on the census of Tuesday, 14 June 1870 in the household of Nathan Wentworth at San Francisco, San Francisco Co., California, USA. She is listed as: Wentworth, Mary E, 50, female, white, keeping house, born Canada, both parents of foreign birth. She and Nathan Wentworth were divorced in 1877. The divorce was widely reported on and you can view the newspaper articles on this page.
     Mary died on Saturday, 21 January 1888 at East Oakland, California, USA, at age 68 years. She wrote a will dated August 24 1887, leaving $10 to her adopted daughter Mary Treadwell, and the residue of her estate to her nephew William Rushmore.