Mamie Farrar had polio as a child, but she had five children and raised six (her sister's son Irvin was the sixth). She made the best biscuits anyone I know ever had.
Sources
personal memories
1900, 1910, 1930, and 1940 Federal Census
District of Columbia, Select Marriages, 1830-1921
Newport News City Directories
U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current
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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: