1846 Birth:2885 Birth date of 26 June 1846 and birth place of Auglaize County, Ohio, taken from 1923 death certificate issued in Auglaize County and confirmed by entry in
Auglaize County, Ohio, Early Births. Father's name was William Shaw, mother was Elizabeth Burton.
1864 First Marriage:2889 Daniel DeLong married (Mary) Louisa Shaw on 4 July 1864 in Auglaize County, Ohio.
1873 Second Marriage:2855 Anthony M. Stemen married Mary L. DeLong on 6 February 1873 in Auglaize County, Ohio.
1875 Third Marriage:2848 Luther Sillen married Mary L. Steiman on 12 December 1875 in Auglaize County, Ohio.
1880 U.S. Census:2854 Mary Sillen enumerated in the household of her husband Luther Sillen in Moulton Township, Auglaize County, Ohio as a white, female, age 33, wife, married, keeping house, born in Ohio, father born in Virginia. Others residing in the household: daughter Anna, age 18
(daughter of Luther Sillen and first wife Amanda Richey); daughter Lena, age 4
(daughter of Luther and Amanda Richey, born at the time of Amanda's death); son Clay, age 1
(son of Luther and Mary); stepson Frankey DeLong, age 14
(son of Mary DeLong from previous marriage); and Thomas Dockerty, servant, age 34.
1900 U.S. Census:2856 Mary Sillen enumerated in the household of her husband Luther Sillin in Moulton Township, Auglaize County, Ohio as a wife, white, female, born June 1843, age 56, married twenty years, one child born of this marriage, none still living, born in Ohio, father born in Virginia, mother born in Virginia, can read, can write, can speak English.
1923 Death Certificate:2885 Mary Louise Sillin; place of death: Auglaize County, Village of Cridersville, lived in this town for 40 years; date of death, 6 October 1923; female, white, widowed; date of birth, 26 June 1846; age at death, 77 years, 3 months, 10 days; occupation, housekeeping; birthplace, Auglaize County, Ohio; father, William Shaw; father's birthplace, Virginia; mother, Elizabeth Burton mother's birthplace, Virginia; informant, Frank E. DeLong, Cridersville, Ohio; burial, Lutheran Cemetery, 8 October 1923, Cridersville, Ohio.