Mary was born about 1810 to Anderson Womack and Frances Dobbins who were living in Rutherford County, North Carolina, United States. Except for the 1860 census, the other years give an approximate birth year of 1808-1811. For this record an approximate date will be 1810.
Mary married William W. Knowles about 1830 in Tennessee. They had children:
Nancy Frances Knowles 1832–1903
Amy Knowles 1834–
Sarah Ann Knowles 1836–1879
John Wesley Knowles 1837–1911
Amanda Irene Knowles 1839–
Mary Jane Knowles 1841
Harriet Knowles 1843
Eliza Knowles 1845–1926
James C. Knowles 1846–
Lucinda Caroline Knowles 1853–1896
Birth
Her birth year cannot be established with certainty. No birth record has been found and census records do not agree.
1850 census, age 39, White County, Tennessee, b 1811 [1]
1860 census, age 46, White County, Tennessee, b 1820[2]
1870 census, age 62, White County, Tennessee, b 1808 [3]
1880 census, age 70, White County, Tennessee, b 1810[4]
Mary is mentioned with spouse in death record of daughter Eliza Knowles (1926)[5] and in death record of daughter Jane Knowles (1934) [6]
Sources
↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MC63-2MM : 12 April 2016), Mary Knowls in household of William W Knowls, White county, White, Tennessee, United States; citing family 593, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
↑ "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD8D-96V : 12 April 2016), Mary Knowles, Tennessee, United States; citing p. 10, family 67, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 553,069.
↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDWK-G1P : 15 July 2017), Mary Knowles, 1880; citing enumeration district ED 142, sheet 441B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d), roll 1285; FHL microfilm 1,255,285.
↑ "Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JDF6-WT1 : 15 February 2018), Mary Wommack in entry for Eliza Knowles, 11 Aug 1926; citing reference rn 21757, Department of Health, Montgomery; FHL microfilm 1,908,436.
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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: