~ Mary Lee "BLAND" Ewell / Jones ~
Birth: 1 November 1817 - Cumberland, Cumberland County, Virginia, USA
Death: 24 May 1898 - Santaquin, Utah County, Utah, USA
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Parents:

Father~
John Bolling Bland
Birth: 17 April 1798 - Prince George, Virginia, USA
Death: 1842 - Jordan Point, Manor, Prince George, Virginia, USA
Married: Sarah Elizabeth Lee - 1801- 1879 - Virginia USA

Mother~
Sarah Elizabeth Lee
Birth: abt 1801 Virginia, USA
Death: 14 April 1879 -buried in Alexandria, Virginia USA.

Mary Lee Bland left her parent's Plantation to marry William Fletcher Ewell, who at the time was a Mormon Missionary. Mary's father disapproved of William's Mormon religion and in turn, disinherited her.

Mary Lee Bland is a descendant of Richard Henry Lee 1732-1794- who was a signer of the "The Declaration Of Independence" and a gr-grandfather of Mary Lee Bland. Mary Lee Bland is a 2nd cousin to General Robert Edward Lee.Gen. Robert E. Lee

Source: Mary Lee Bland Biography.


Mary's spouse William Fletcher Ewell was a member of the Mormon Battalion and upon returning to his family in Winter Quarters Nebraska he died unexpectedly. After the death of Mary's first husband, she later married her second husband Peter Jones, who practiced plural marriage within the Mormon religion. They were blessed with 3 children.
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Children:
(1st Spouse)
William Fletcher Ewell & Mary Lee Bland:

(1) Marion Francis Ewell
Born: 3 Nov 1835 Livingston, Ray, Missouri
Died: 1 January 1904 Spring Glen, Carbon, Utah, USA

(2) John Pleasant Ewell
Born: 2 August 1837 Livingston, Missouri, USA
Died: 1900 Everett, Washington, USA

(3) Sarah Elizabeth Ewell
Mary Lee Bland named her firstborn daughter (Sarah Elizabeth) after her mother Sarah Elizabeth Lee, Sarah's grandmother.

Born: 18 April 1841 Livingston, Ray, Missouri, USA-1893
Died: 4 July 1893 Georgetown, Kane, Utah, USA

(4) Barbara Ann Ewell
Born: October 24, 1843, Livingston, Ray, Missouri
Died: 12 April 1914 Lynden, Whatcom, WA, USA

(5) William Thomas Ewell
Born: 5 October 1846 Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa Died: 12 February 1916 Santaquin, Utah, USA

(6) Mary Jane Ewell
Born: 5 February 1849 Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa, USA
Died: 3 March 1909 Santaquin, Utah, USA.

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Mormon Pioneer Journey:
The Uriah Curtis Company (1852)

About 365 individuals and 51 wagons were in the company when it began its journey from the outfitting post at Kanesville, Iowa (present-day Council Bluffs). Members of the company arrived in the Salt Lake Valley on 29 September and 1 October 1852.

Mary Lee BLAND Ewell, was age 34 when she crossed the plains with her 6 children after her husband William Fletcher Ewell had died from an illness. Mary also had a close and dear friend whom she grew up with by the name of Mamie / Mammy Chloe, who traveled alongside Mary and her children and other Mormon pioneers. Mamie Chloe was an "African American" "Mormon pioneer" a lady whom Mary loved dearly and with all of her heart. Mary and William Fletcher Ewell's children's ages are listed below upon departure to Utah:

(1)- Marion Francis Ewell age 16

(2)- John Pleasant Ewell age 14

(3)- Sarah Elizabeth Ewell age 11 ( She was named after her grandmother, Sarah Elizabeth Lee.

(4)- Barbara Ann Ewell age 8

(5)- William Thomas Ewell age 5

(6)- Mary Jane Ewell age 3

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(2nd Spouse)

Peter Jones
BORN: 25 October 1819 Alfrick, Worcester, England.
DEATH: 15 October 1891 Santaquin, Utah, Utah, USA

Children:
(2nd Spouse)
..Peter Jones and Mary Lee Bland Ewell/Jones

(1) Hannah Jones
Born: 1853

(2) Zachariah Jones
Born : 6 Sep 1857 Ogden, Weber Co, UT. USA
Died: 8 August 1931, Buried in Santaquin, UT. USA

(3) Emma Keziah Jones
Born: 6 Dec 1858 Provo, UT. USA
Died: 27 December 1888, Buried in Santaquin, UT. USA

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If anyone has any information about Mary's faithful lifetime friend "Mammy Chloe" or where she may have been buried please contact our family. Unfortunately, she is buried in an unmarked grave. Mammy Chloe had a son by the name of Sammy who remained in Virginia on the Bland family plantation. Sadly, many records were destroyed during the Civil War.
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Information was written by Mary Lee Bland's granddaughter who wrote her biography for her before she died.
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