Mary was born in 1847 in Chatham County, North Carolina. She was the daughter of Mack Stedman and Sarah Dowdy.
She married Richard Cern Gunter in about 1882 (they had a son in 1883) likely in Chatham County. No marriage record has been found.
She passed away in 1932 in Sanford, North Carolina, and was buried in Asbury Methodist Church Cemetery in Asbury, North Carolina.
Sources
"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4BH-3R8 : 24 December 2020), Mary G Stedman in household of Jessey M Stedman, Chatham, North Carolina, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MC6N-N2H : 14 January 2022), Mary G. Stedman in household of James M. Stedman, Oakland Township, Chatham, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .
"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ML9W-H14 : accessed 23 May 2022), Mary G Gunter in household of Richard C Gunter, Oakland, Chatham, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 17, sheet 3A, family 50, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1102; FHL microfilm 1,375,115.
"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X33R-XF6 : accessed 23 May 2022), Mary G Gunter in household of Carrie S Gunter, Sanford, Lee, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 4, sheet 6B, line 65, family 135, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1702; FHL microfilm 2,341,436.
"North Carolina Deaths, 1931-1994," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FPV1-LZR : 10 February 2018), Mary Steadman Gunter, 08 May 1932; citing Sanford, Lee, North Carolina, fn 1562 cn 108, State Department of Archives and History, Raleigh; FHL microfilm 1,943,054.
Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/63705690/mary-g-gunter : accessed 23 May 2022), memorial page for Mary G Stedman Gunter (10 May 1847–8 May 1932), Find A Grave: Memorial #63705690, citing Asbury Methodist Church Cemetery, Asbury, Chatham County, North Carolina, USA ; Maintained by Coco15 (contributor 48679220) .
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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: