Mary Ann (Porter) Gary (1808 - 1881)

Born 26 Jan 1808 in Williamsburg, South Carolina, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Thomas Reeder Gary — married 13 Dec 1825 in Newberry, South Carolina

Descendants

Died 10 Apr 1881 at age 73 in Cokesbury, Greenwood, South Carolina, United States

Biography

Mary Ann's mother is not mentioned in the will of the Hugh Porter who died in 1808; nor is there any mention of a guardianship for a minor child. She is quite possibly the minor daughter in the estate papers of the Hugh Porter who died in 1813.

1850 - living in Cokesbury, South Carolina with Thomas and their ten children. Age 42.^[1]

Research Notes

The birth and death are from the following source:

Brainerd, Lawrence. Gary Genealogy: The Descendants of Arthur Gary of Roxbury, Massachusetts, with an Account of the Posterity of Stephen Gary of Charlestown, Massachusetts, and also of a South Carolina Family of This Name. Boston, Massachusetts, 1918.

Which states:

Doctor Thomas Reeder 4 Gary (Jesse? Esq., Thomas? Charles 1) was born in Newberry County, S. C, May 25, 1802. He was graduated from the Jefferson Medical College and for many years was one of the leading medical practitioners in his state. He was also an extensive planter and a large slave owner. He was a resident of Cokesbury, Abbeville County, S. C, where he settled soon after his marriage. He twice represented his district in the State Legislature and was a director of the Greenville & Columbia Railroad. "He was a highly public-spirited gentleman and took a deep interest in educational and religious affairs and was prominently identified with Masonic activities in South Carolina." He married in Newberry County, S. C, Dec. 13, 1825, Mary A. Porter, born in Williamsburg County, S. C, Jan. 26, 1808, daughter of Hugh and Mary Elizabeth (Witherspoon) Porter and a direct descendant on her mother's side of John Knox, the celebrated reformer. Doctor Gary died in Cokesbury, S. C, Mar. 19, 1852, at the age of 49, and his widow died there, April 10, 1881.

• Fact: Burial: Tabernacle Cemetery, Cokesbury, Greenwood County, South Carolina, USA

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8Q8-NL6 : 23 December 2020), Mary Garey in household of Thomas R Garey, Cokesbury Township, Abbeville, South Carolina, United States; citing family, NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

See also:

• "United States Census, 1860," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GBS6-BMY?cc=1473181&wc=7QTM-9N2%3A1589435701%2C1589435845%2C1589422206 : 24 March 2017), South Carolina > Abbeville > Not Stated > image 169 of 306; from "1860 U.S. Federal Census - Population," database, Fold3.com (http://www.fold3.com : n.d.); citing NARA microfilm publication M653 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• Mary Ann Porter Gary (1808-1881) on Find A Grave: Memorial #42177618, retrieved 27 October 2018
• Gary, Garry, Geary, etc. Compiled and researched by Glenda Gary Gunn, Larry Edward Lane, James Dale Meyer, Ethel Speer Updike. Magna, Utah: G. G. Gunn, 1997, p. 40, 63-64