Mary Ann (Dent) Longstreet (1793 - 1855)

Born 13 Mar 1793 in Maryland

Ancestors

Wife of James G Longstreet Sr — married 14 Dec 1814 in Augusta, Richmond County, Georgia

Descendants

Died 14 Sep 1855 at age 62 in Morgan County, Alabama

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Biography

Mary Ann Dent Longstreet is the mother of the famous CSA General, politician, and statesman James G. Lonstreet, Jr. (1821 - 1904), and the sister-on-law of the famous author, politician, and educator Augustus Baldwin Longstreet (1790 - 1870). ^[1]

Mary Ann Dent's ancestors settled in the Colony of Maryland in the 1670s. Her father, Thomas Marshall Dent, was a cousin of U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Marshall. ^[2]

March 13, 1793 -- Mary Ann Dent was born at Maryland, USA. Mary Ann Dent was a daughter of General Thomas Marshall Dent and Ann Magruder. ^[3]

1812 -- Mary Ann Dent's parents, Thomas Marshall and Ann Magrider Dent, and her grandparents, George and Anna Maria Truman Dent, moved their families from Maryland to Augusta, Richmond County, Georgia. ^[4]

December 14, 1814 -- Mary Ann Dent and James G. Longstreet, Sr. (1783 - 1833) married at Augusta, Richmond County, Georgia. ^[5]

1815 - 1831 -- James G. and Mary Ann Dent Longstreet had 11 children: eight daughters (Anna, Sarah-Jane, Henrietta, Rebecca, Julia, Eliza Parke, Maria Nelson, and Sarah Jane) and two sons (William Dent, John, and James G., Jr.). ^[6]

Anna Randolph born circa 1815; married Hutcherson Dent; ^[7] died 18??

William Dent born 18??; married Mary Davies; died 1889. ^{[8] [9]}

Sarah-Jane born 18??; died 18??

John born circa 1817; ^[10] died 18??

James G., Jr. born January 8, 1821; married 1st Maria Louisa Garland; 2nd Helen Dortch; died 1904. ^{[11] [12]}

Henrietta Eve born 1822; married Archibald Mills Clemens; ^[13] died 18??

Rebecca born 1824; married 1st Benjamin Stanback; 2nd Reuben Ruff; died 1881. ^{[14] [15]}

Julia born 1826; married William Murphy: ^[16] died 18??

Eliza Parke born January 20, 1828; married Walter B. Lucas; ^[17] died 18??

Maria Nelson born October 1829; married Elisha Dismukes; ^[18] died 18??

Sarah Jane born July 29, 1831; married Charles B. Ames; died 1920. ^{[19] [20]}

September 14, 1855 -- Mary Ann Dent Longstreet died at Morgan County, Alabama and was buried at Somerville Cemetery, Somerville, Morgan County, Alabama, USA. ^[21]

Sources

• Mary Ann Dent Longstreet [1793 - 1855]. Find A Grave. Record added February 23, 2010 by Sue McDuffie. Memorial # 48624552. Accessed by Michael Boynton on December 21, 2015 at 10:10 PM. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSsr=161&GScid=26368&GRid=48624552&CScn=Somerville+Cemetery+&CScntry=4&CSst=3&CScnty=77&

• Gary Boyd Roberts. Notable Kin, Volume 2, Santa Clarita, California: Carl Boyer, 3rd (1999), 197.

• Edward Mates. Genealogy of the Family of Longstreet Completed. Circa 1935. Privately published. Clark T. Thornton, editor. Reprinted 2009. Page 27.

• Jeffry D. Wert. General James Longstreet: The Confederacy's Most Controversial Soldier. Simon and Schuster: New York. 1993, 2005.

Footnotes

1. ↑ Family of Longstreet, page 27.
2. ↑ General James Longstreet, page 20.
3. ↑ Mary Ann Dent Longstreet. Find A Grave.
4. ↑ General James Longstreet, page 20.
5. ↑ Mary Ann Dent Longstreet. Find A Grave.
6. ↑ Family of Longstreet, page 27.
7. ↑ Mary Ann Dent. Find A Graves.
8. ↑ Mary Ann Dent Longstreet. Find A Grave.
9. ↑ William Dent Longstreet. Find A Grave.
10. ↑ Mary Ann Dent Longstreet. Find A Grave.
11. ↑ Mary Ann Dent Longstreet. Find A Graves.
12. ↑ James G. Longstreet. Find A Grave.
13. ↑ Mary Ann Dent Longstreet. Find A Grave.
14. ↑ Mary Ann Dent Longstreet. Find A Grave.
15. ↑ Rebecca Longstreet Stanback Ruff. Find A Grave.
16. ↑ Mary Ann Dent Longstreet. Find A Grave.
17. ↑ Mary Ann Dent Longstreet. Find A Grave.
18. ↑ Mary Ann Dent Longstreet. Find A Grave.
19. ↑ Mary Ann Dent Longstreet. Find A Grave.
20. ↑ Sarah Jane Longstreet Ames. Find A Grave.
21. ↑ Mary Ann Dent Longstreet. Find A Grave.