Mary Nell Stettinius - (1846-1906)
Looking for others who are also researching the Stettinius name. My gr. grandmother, Mary Nell Stettinius, who was born in Washington, D.C. in 1846, married Charles Taylor of Fremont, Ohio, in 1868. Mary Nell was living at the time in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, with her father, George Stettinius and her sister Susan L. Stettinius.
Susan and Mary Nell's mother, Caroline Veronique Lalanne Stettinius had died in Peoria, Illinois, in 1859, when her daughters were youngsters.
For many years I have searched for info about father George and sister Susan without much success until recently when we found Susan's marriage to James R. Hatcher, and her descendants. Still remaining to be found are details and location of father George's death, said to have occurred in 1872.
Also, still to be solved is the major mystery of what happened to father George's only child by his first marriage to Sarah Nourse, the widow Rittenhouse. This George Stettinius, Jr., is reputed to have fathered a large family, most of the members of which are unknown to us.
I am working with Joe Stettinius and others, and we will welcome any messages about this family.
Elizabeth Engle-- [email protected]