Mary was born in 1845. She is the daughter of Benjamin Mead and Martha Perry. She married Levi Porter in 1865 in Wayne County, Virginia.
Sources
"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M65K-MGW : 22 December 2020), Martha J Mead in household of Benjamin Mead, Pike, Kentucky, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
"West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FTNN-PJ7 : 11 February 2018), Levi Porter and Polly Mead, 1865; citing Wayne, West Virginia, United States, , county clerks, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 583,490.
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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 ancestors' 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: