Mary (Burris) Frailey (1778 - 1846)

Born 5 Oct 1778 in Albemarle County, Virginia, United States

Wife of William Frailey — married 1798 in Allen County, Virginia, United States

Descendants

Died 20 Sep 1846 at age 67 in Bowling Green, Fayette County, Illinois, United States

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Biography

Mary was born on 5 Oct 1778 in Albemarle County, Virginia. She was the daughter of Charles Burrus and Elizabeth Dickerson. She died on 20 Sep 1846 in Bowling Green, Fayette County, Illinois, United States. ^[1] She was interred in Antioch Cemetery, Fayette County, Illinios, United States. ^[1] The tombstone suggests Mary was born circa 1783 as long as she was only "Aged 63 years" at the time of her death. ^[1]

"The widow and children and two sons-in-law moved to and arrived at a house that had been built east of the Joe Whittington place on the old James Beck farm. Cass Sarver had preceded them and arranged for them to move in. So on their arrival the night before Christmas, 1833, they moved in. The house was covered, had a puncheon floor, a fire place and a chimney built up to the mantel. The house had been chinked but not dobbed. It snowed a five-inch snow the night they arrived, and one snow fell on top of another and they never saw the ground until in March. The moss and grass were so deep and long that the deer and turkeys almost starved. They could go out most any morning and kill a deer or turkey before breakfast. Her boys and sons-in-law took up a puncheon, dug up some dirt and heated some water to make mud mortar and dobbed the house on the inside: then all lived in that house until the next spring when John Sarver and his wife moved to the Dick Burrus farm, as it was known in later years, and Jacob Miller and wife moved to a farm that was later known as the Miller Neck."

Residences

• 1810 - Warren County, Kentucky ^[2]
• 1820 - Allen County, Kentucky ^[3]
• 1830 - Allen County, Kentucky ^[4]

Family

Mary married in 1798 William Frailey, son of Daniel Frailey and Elizabeth [--?--]. ^[1] To this union were born the following children:

• 1798 - Elizabeth Ann
• 1802 - Harriet
• 1805 - James S.
• circa 1806 - Virginia Jane
• circa 1807 - Mary
• 1812 - William W.
• 1814 - John B.
• 1816 - Charles Dickerson

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} Find A Grave: Memorial #50203142
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1810," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH29-65P : accessed 27 December 2020), Willm Fraley, Warren, Kentucky, United States; citing p. 275, NARA microfilm publication M252 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 8; FHL microfilm 181,353.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1820," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHL5-BQH : accessed 27 December 2020), Mary Fraley, Allen, Kentucky, United States; citing p. 114, NARA microfilm publication M33, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 16; FHL microfilm 186,176.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1830," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHGG-PHY : 19 November 2020), Mary Frailey, Allen, Kentucky, United States; citing 73, NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 33; FHL microfilm 7,812.