Household #17: Maine, Francis Marion

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In the 1900 Barney census, F N Main headed a 6-person household. The table below preserves the exact names, relationships, ages, birthplaces, and occupations recorded for the household.

Household Snapshot

F N Main headed a 6-person household in the 1900 Barney census with 1 spouse or marital partner and 4 children.

F N Main's listed occupation was Farm Laborer.

All listed household members were reported as born in Georgia.

1900 Census Household

Children and Later Trails

This section is reserved for later-life child evidence. No later spouse, death, burial, obituary, probate, separate household, or descendant-line identification has been added here yet from direct records.

Family Narrative

• Head: F. Main in 1900, age 44, born about 1856 in Georgia, later supported as Francis (Frank) Marion Maine.
• Wife: Mary Main in 1900, age 35, later supported as Mary Elizabeth "Polly" Exum Maine.
• Children in the 1900 household:
• Margarett Main, age 10, born about 1890.
• Robert Main, age 7, born about 1893.
• Francis Main, age 3, born about 1897.
• Bessie Main, infant in 1900.
• Marriage evidence: The Berrien County marriage certificate reads "F. M. Maine" and "Polly Exum", dated 3 Jan 1888. The fuller expansion to Francis Marion Maine and Mary Elizabeth Polly Exum Maine comes from later census and death-index evidence, not from the certificate wording itself.
• Household interpretation: Mary reported five children born and four living in 1900. By 1910 she was widowed and head of household, which strongly suggests Francis died between 1900 and 1910.
• Later family trail: The surviving file set supports Mary's later life into Colquitt County and supports later lines for Maggie, Robert Lee, and Frank Jr. Bessie's later life remains less certain.
• Boundary note: The Exum family reconstruction and later child detail are usable but should stay tied to the cited record trail rather than overstated beyond what the current file set directly preserves.

Open Research Questions

• Parentage audit: confirm both parents of the household head for HH#17 through direct or near-direct records where possible; mark derivative-only parent links as unresolved until supported.
• Child census audit: confirm every child named in the 1900 household against later census, marriage, death, obituary, cemetery, probate, or draft records; separate proven child links from same-name candidates.
• Other household member audit: verify boarders, servants, in-laws, stepchildren, grandchildren, and unrelated residents in HH#17; document the exact relationship instead of assuming kinship.
• Spouse and marriage audit: locate marriage records, death records, divorce records, or later census records for spouses or absent spouses tied to this household.
• Direct image review: re-check the 1900 census image and any cited index-only sources before treating ages, relationships, birthplaces, or name spellings as final.

Research Status

• Status: Well-researched.
• Strengths: The household identity, marriage record wording, Mary's widowhood by 1910, and substantial child-forward reconstruction are well supported.
• Remaining cautions: Some later-life detail still depends on compiled follow-forward work rather than a fresh document pull in this pass.

Sources

• 1900, 1910, 1920, and 1930 U.S. census.
• Georgia marriage records.
• World War I draft cards.
• Georgia death-index material.
• Ancestry tree wjmwj1 used as secondary support only.
• FindAGrave negative search in Brooks County online cemetery material reviewed in May 2026.

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