She met Lincoln in 1833.
In 1836 at New Salem, Illinois, Lincoln proposed marriage to her.
She declined.
She married Jesse Vineyard about 1842. Jesse founded the Pleasant Ridge College, and later died in the Civil War. Their sons joined the confederacy. Her home stands near Walnut and Main in Weston. Mary and Jesse lived on a farm about two miles from Weston, MO. When Jesse died during the Civil War, Mary, now a widow, moved into the home in Weston on Walnut Street between Welt and Main Streets. The country place became known as the Cunningham Farm because Mary’s and Jesse’s daughter Katie married a Cunningham and together they lived there. (A side note: that farm was registered with the state as “Breezy Park.”) That property remained in the family until the early 1990s.
A newer Monument was added to her gravesite for $1,097 by Robert Bloch of the Henry W. and Marion H. Bloch Foundation.
She met Lincoln in 1833.
In 1836 at New Salem, Illinois, Lincoln proposed marriage to her.
She declined.
She married Jesse Vineyard about 1842. Jesse founded the Pleasant Ridge College, and later died in the Civil War. Their sons joined the confederacy. Her home stands near Walnut and Main in Weston. Mary and Jesse lived on a farm about two miles from Weston, MO. When Jesse died during the Civil War, Mary, now a widow, moved into the home in Weston on Walnut Street between Welt and Main Streets. The country place became known as the Cunningham Farm because Mary’s and Jesse’s daughter Katie married a Cunningham and together they lived there. (A side note: that farm was registered with the state as “Breezy Park.”) That property remained in the family until the early 1990s.
A newer Monument was added to her gravesite for $1,097 by Robert Bloch of the Henry W. and Marion H. Bloch Foundation.
Family Members
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William Graham Owens
1796–1834
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Benjamin L. Owens
1798–1858
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COL Samuel Combs Owens
1800–1847
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Elizabeth "Betsey" Owens Abell
1804–1869
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Nancy Graham Owens Vineyard
1816–1888
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Ellen Mitchell Owens Williams
1818–1897
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John Yates Owens
1821–1898
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Margaret J. Owens Newman
1823–1867
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Sarah T. Owens Cunningham
1826–1891
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