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Mary Nancy Stooksberry was born in 1820, in Tennessee, the daughter of Robert "Squire" Stooksberry and Hannah Horton.
Mary married Joseph Landrum on February 1, 1841, in Tennessee. Joseph Landrum was born about 1815, in Tennessee.
The 1850 Anderson County, Tennessee census, 16th Subdivision, shows Joseph Landrum, 35, a farmer with $500 real property; Nancy, 29; Hannah, 9; Thomas, 7; Anna, 5; and Jane, 3 years old.
The 1860 Anderson County census shows Joseph Landrum, 44, a farmer with $300 personal property; Nancy, 35; Hannah, 18, a domestic; Thomas, 16, a farmer; Anna, 14; Jane, 12; Elizabeth, 10; Ellen, 8; William, 6; David, 4; and Pharoah, 3 months old.
The 1870 Anderson County census, District 2, Wallace Cross Roads Post Office, shows Joseph Landrum, 53, a farmer with $500 real property and $595 personal property; Nancy, 49; Hannah, 27; Jane, 22; Nancy E., 16, a farm laborer; William R., 14, a farm laborer; David, 11; Pharoah J., 9; Sarah, 7; Liddia, 5; and Charles, 4 years old. Also living with the family was their son-in-law and daughter, James R. Roberson, 22, a farm laborer and Elizabeth Roberson, 18 years old.
The 1880 Anderson County census, District 2, shows Joseph Landrum, 63, a farmer; Nancy, 57; Ann, 33; Nancy E., 27; Pharoah, 21, farmer; Sarah, 17; Lydia, 15; and Charles, 14. Also living with the family was Aaron T. Gailor, grandson, 11, farm worker, born in Tennessee.
Mary died in 1902, in Union County, Tennessee and is buried in New Loyston Cemetery in Union County.
Children of Mary Stooksberry and Joseph Landrum
1. Hannah Landrum, b. abt 1842, TN
2. Thomas Landrum, b. abt 1844, TN
3. Anna Landrum, b. abt 1846, TN
4. Jane Landrum, b. abt 1848, TN
5. Elizabeth Landrum, abt 1850, TN; m. James R. Roberson (they appear on the 1870 Anderson Co, TN census with her parents)
6. Nancy Ellen Landrum, abt 1852, TN
7. William R. Landrum, abt 1854, TN
8. David Landrum, abt 1856, TN
9. Pharoah J. Landrum, b. 1860, TN
10. Sarah Landrum, b. abt 1863, TN
11. Lydia Landrum, b. abt 1865, TN
12. Charles Landrum, b. abt 1866, TN