Mary MonGoSah-Mongosa
1848 - Yes, date unknown-
Name Mary MonGoSah-Mongosa [1] Birth 1848 Indiana, United States 
[1] Gender Female Residence 18 Jun 1880 Butler Township, Miami, Indiana, United States [1] Death Yes, date unknown Person ID I24381 McKelleb Last Modified 26 Mar 2023
Family Nathaniel Bradley, b. Aug 1841, Ohio, United States d. Yes, date unknown Children 1. Lavina Mongosah, b. 1871, Indiana, United States d. Yes, date unknown2. Joseph Mongosah, b. 1874, Indiana, United States d. Yes, date unknown3. Anna Mongosah, b. 1876, Indiana, United States d. Yes, date unknown4. Clarence Mongosah, b. 1878, Indiana, United States d. Yes, date unknownFamily ID F7273 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 26 Mar 2023
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Event Map 
Birth - 1848 - Indiana, United States 
Residence - 18 Jun 1880 - Butler Township, Miami, Indiana, United States = Link to Google Earth
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Notes - According to find a grave on Mary Mongosa's memorial page Dr. Nathaniel Bradley moved to Miami County, Indiana near the city of Peru in the 1870's and took on a second wife , a Miami Indian woman by the name of Mary MON-GO-SAH, even though he was still married to his first wife from Ireland. The reason he did this was to gain land from the Miami Indians by marrying into the tribe. This was a common practice during the 1800's for white settlers.
The children he had with his Miami Indian second wife all resembled their mother more than their father and was accepted by their mother's tribe as Miami more than they were accepted by the white population. Therefore, they all kept their mother's maiden name of MON-GO-SAH...which later became Mongosa.
Weather they married legally according to the state or just a personal private ceremony is unknown at this time as I am unable to find the marriage record.
- According to find a grave on Mary Mongosa's memorial page Dr. Nathaniel Bradley moved to Miami County, Indiana near the city of Peru in the 1870's and took on a second wife , a Miami Indian woman by the name of Mary MON-GO-SAH, even though he was still married to his first wife from Ireland. The reason he did this was to gain land from the Miami Indians by marrying into the tribe. This was a common practice during the 1800's for white settlers.
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Sources - [S1067] Indiana, Miami, 1880 U.S. Census, Miami County, Indiana, (www.ancestry.com: National Archives and Records Administration, 2010), 26 Mar 2023, T9, roll 299, Butler Township, enumeration district (ED) 123, p. 25, dwelling 211, family 216, Mary Monosah, Line #1, accessed 26 Mar 2023 (Reliability: 2).
- [S1067] Indiana, Miami, 1880 U.S. Census, Miami County, Indiana, (www.ancestry.com: National Archives and Records Administration, 2010), 26 Mar 2023, T9, roll 299, Butler Township, enumeration district (ED) 123, p. 25, dwelling 211, family 216, Mary Monosah, Line #1, accessed 26 Mar 2023 (Reliability: 2).