Born in Branchville, Orangeburg County, South Carolina
Ancestors 
Daughter of Edmond Fairey
and Mary A. (Baxter) Fairey
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
Joseph A. Edwards
— married
before 1868 (to 14 Nov 1889) in Branchville, Orangeburg County, South Carolina
Descendants 
Mother of
Emma Jane (Edwards) Byrd
Died
at age 75
in Branchville, Orangeburg County, South Carolina
Profile last modified
| Created 30 Apr 2017
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Biography
Mary Elizabeth Fairey was born September 11, 1841, in Branchville, South Carolina and died May 15, 1917, at Branchville, Orangeburg County, South Carolina. Mary is buried in the Joseph A. Edwards Cemetery in Branchville, South Carolina.
Estimate Mary Elizabeth marriage to Joseph A. Edwards was before 1868 as their first child was born February 5, 1868, named Elizabeth R, Edwards.
Sources
" FAIREY FAMILY GENEALOGY" by Dr. Benjamin F. Varn Jr.
" THE BYRD FAMILY of BRANCHVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA " by Helen Byrd Derrenbacher'
Birth and Death: 1880 Orangeburg County, South Carolina Census Records, News, and Courier- Charleston, South Carolina 10 November 1937, Obituary of Joseph E. Edwards, Tombstone Records, Church Records, Family Records, and Family Bible of Emma Jane Edwards.
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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:
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:
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~12.50%
~25.00%
Thomas Huckabee 
:
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T023794 [compare], FTDNA kit #354029
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~0.78%
Carol (Easterling) Essick :
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Richard Shelley
Richard Shelley
Fairey-71 and Fairey-70 appear to represent the same person because: I get the impression that the duplication of these two profiles happened at the time of profile creation, because everything matches exactly
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