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MRS. MARY A. ENOS is a native of Greene county, Ill., born April 9, 1844, where she was reared and received a good education, being a daughter of Abner and Mary Wood. The father is a native of Greene county, Ill., and the mother of England, but came to America when quite small and was raised in Greene county, Ill. Our subject was left an orphan when quite young, and she was raised by Mr. John Roodman. She was first married Aug. 30, 1864, to Mr. John W. Bell, a native of Tennessee, born July 30, 1842, but raised in Greene county, Ill. They settled on a farm in Macoupin county, Ill., and in October, 1867, started for Texas, passing through Medoc on their way. Mr. Bell having died when in the vicinity of Arkansas River, Mrs. B. and her child, John W., continued her trip with his parents; but they soon returned and located at Medoc. She was married the second time in August, 1868, to Mr. Stephen Williams, a native of Holmes county, Ohio, who was born in 1830. During 1863 he was elected county judge, and was considered one of Jasper’s leading men. He died in 1847, leaving no children. Mrs. Enos was married the third time March 7, 1876, to Mr. John S. Enos, a native of Blount county, Tenn., son of Thomas and Barbara (Jacob) Enos. The father was a native of Virginia, born in 1803, and when a boy moved to Tennessee, where he grew to manhood, and married the mother, who was a native of North Carolina, born in 1804. John S. was the fourth child of a family of twelve children, and when a young man he went to Illinois and was married in August, 1865, to Miss Mary E. Bell, a native of Illinois, born in April, 1844, and died in December, 1873, leaving three children, Minnie B., Hattie M., and Mary F. Mr. Enos died leaving a family of two children by his last marriage, Jenny L. and Clara J. Mrs. E. is a member of the M. E. Church.