Born in Tennessee, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Kelsey Harris Douglass
and Minerva (Hulme) Douglass
Sister of
Henry Clay Douglass and Anne Elizabeth Douglass
Wife of
Theodore Francis Sevier
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Mother of
Theodore Francis Sevier, Louise Sevier, Granville Sevier, Mary B Sevier, J. O. Neal Sevier, Jessie B. Sevier and Henry Hulme Sevier
Died
at age 90
in Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 5 Jul 2019
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Biography
Mary was born in 1839. She was the daughter of Kelsey Douglass and Minerva Hulme.
She married Frank Sevier. Their children were Frank, Louisa, Charley, Mary, Granville, Neal, Jessie (f), and Henry.
She passed away in 1929 from cerebral thrombosis. She is buried at the Nashville City Cemetery in Nashville, Tennessee. [1][2]
Notes
Death certificate dob differs from Find A Grave by one year. Used DC.
Sources
- ↑ "Tennessee Deaths, 1914-1966," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NSFZ-CS7 : 1 March 2021), Mary Benton Sevier, 29 Nov 1929; Death, Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville.
- ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 04 July 2019), memorial page for Mary Benton Douglass Sevier (22 May 1838–29 Nov 1929), Find A Grave: Memorial #58729031, citing Nashville City Cemetery, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA ; Maintained by OBXr (contributor 46634091) .
- "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCDC-RYV : 12 April 2016), Mary Benton, Davidson county, part of, Davidson, Tennessee, United States; citing family 770, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
- Mary Benton Female 52 Tennessee
- Minerva Douglass Female 37 Tennessee
- Henry Douglass Male 18 Tennessee
- Mary Douglass Female 11 Texas
- "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8T1-9FK : 12 December 2017), Mary Benton, 1860. 10th District, Davidson, Tennessee.
- Mary Benton Female 63 Tennessee
- Mary Douglass Female 48 Tennessee
- Henry Douglass Male 28 Tennessee
- Frank Sevier Male 28 Kentucky
- Mary Sevier Female 21 Texas
- "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD8Y-QPR : 14 June 2019), Mary Benton in entry for T S Sevier, 1870. Distrct 10, Grainger, Tennessee.
- T S Sevier Male 38 Kentucky
- Mary Sevier Female 28 Texas
- Frank Sevier Male 8 Georgia
- Louesia Sevier Female 2 Alabama
- Charley Sevier Male 0 Tennessee
- Mines Duglas Female 53 Tennessee
- Mary Benton Female 74 Tennessee
- Mik Gorden Male 51 Georgia
- Edward Taylor Male 30 Tennessee
- S C Hogg Male 31 Alabama
- "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD7Z-YRT : 15 July 2017), Mary Benton in entry for Theodore F Sevier, 1880; citing enumeration district ED 51, sheet 133C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d), roll 1259; FHL microfilm 1,255,259. Chattanooga, Hamilton Co., Tennessee.
- Theodore F Sevier Self Male 48 Kentucky, United States
- Mary B Sevier Wife Female 41 Texas, United States
- Theodore F Sevier Son Male 17 Georgia, United States
- Louise Sevier Daughter Female 12 Alabama, United States
- Mary B Sevier Daughter Female 8 Tennessee, United States
- Granville Sevier Son Male 10 Tennessee, United States
- J O Neal Sevier Son Male 6 Tennessee, United States
- Jessie B Sevier Daughter Female 4 Tennessee, United States
- Henry H Sevier Son Male 2 Tennessee, United States
- Mary Benton Aunt Female 83 Tennessee, United States
- Minerva Douglass Mother-in-law Female 69 Tennessee, United States
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