Mary Ann Bayless was born on March 22, 1823, in Limestone, Tennessee, one of the six children of John Bayless and Sarah Hawkins. In 1842, when she was 19 she married Elisha Williams[1] and they had two children, James J and Thomas Jesse. Then Elisha died about 1845.
In 1846 she married Michael Withers and they had six children. In 1880 she was sick with consumption, but recovered and lived for another twenty years. She died on March 26, 1900, at the age of 77 years, and was buried in the Teeter Cemetery, Washington, Virginia.
Research Notes
While researching census records, it was found that Mary Bayless' family lived near two Williams families when she was growing up. In 1830 Census, John Bayless (Mary's father), lived in Washington Co., TN near the families of John Williams and Ann Williams. Could Mary Bayless have married a son from one of these families?
Sources
↑ Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKH7-JHHK : 17 October 2017), Elihen E Williams and Polly Ann Bayles, 22 Nov 1841; citing Washington, Tennessee, United States, Marriage, p. , Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville and county clerk offices from various counties; FHL microfilm 2,117,931.
FindAGrave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVL7-96BS : 11 July 2016), Mary Ann Bayless Withers, 1900; Burial, , Washington, Virginia, United States of America, Teeter Cemetery; citing record ID 83407953,
Year: 1850; Census Place: District 67, Washington, Virginia; Roll: M432_980; Page: 188A.
Year: 1880; Census Place: Kinderhook, Washington, Virginia; Roll: 1394; Family History Film: 1255394; Page: 177C; Enumeration District: 097
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Mary by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Mary: