Daughter of Jesse and Frances (Woolfolk) Plunkett, she married Robert Rittenhouse Stringfellow in Orange Co., VA on March 31, 1814.
"She was a woman of vigorous intellect, combined with great gentleness of manner and womanliness of character."
...
"She was the mother of four children, two of whom died when quite young, and two survived - General Stringfellow and John Henry Stringfellow, M. D., who was a prominent man in the early history of Kansas, a member of the first Territorial Legislature, and recognized as a leader in the Pro-slavery party."
The United States Biographical Dictionary, Kansas Volume.
General Benjamin Franklin Stringfellow, page 689
"She was a woman of vigorous intellect, combined with great gentleness of manner and womanliness of character."
...
"She was the mother of four children, two of whom died when quite young, and two survived - General Stringfellow and John Henry Stringfellow, M. D., who was a prominent man in the early history of Kansas, a member of the first Territorial Legislature, and recognized as a leader in the Pro-slavery party."
The United States Biographical Dictionary, Kansas Volume.
General Benjamin Franklin Stringfellow, page 689
Daughter of Jesse and Frances (Woolfolk) Plunkett, she married Robert Rittenhouse Stringfellow in Orange Co., VA on March 31, 1814.
"She was a woman of vigorous intellect, combined with great gentleness of manner and womanliness of character."
...
"She was the mother of four children, two of whom died when quite young, and two survived - General Stringfellow and John Henry Stringfellow, M. D., who was a prominent man in the early history of Kansas, a member of the first Territorial Legislature, and recognized as a leader in the Pro-slavery party."
The United States Biographical Dictionary, Kansas Volume.
General Benjamin Franklin Stringfellow, page 689
"She was a woman of vigorous intellect, combined with great gentleness of manner and womanliness of character."
...
"She was the mother of four children, two of whom died when quite young, and two survived - General Stringfellow and John Henry Stringfellow, M. D., who was a prominent man in the early history of Kansas, a member of the first Territorial Legislature, and recognized as a leader in the Pro-slavery party."
The United States Biographical Dictionary, Kansas Volume.
General Benjamin Franklin Stringfellow, page 689
Inscription
Sacred to the Memory of
Mary Stringfellow
Who departed this life
January 1, 1844
In the 65th Year of Her Age
Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord.
Gravesite Details
The headstone is hard to read but the engraving is not very worn. I was careful to record the engraving accurately. The stone is broken and the top part is embedded in the ground. It is just to the the right of her husband's headstone.
Family Members
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