Mary A James b. 1793 , Stafford, Virginia, USA d. 17 Sep 1845 , Callaway, Missouri, USA: Albemarle to Callaway, a Herring Family Journey

1793 - 1845

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Birth 1793 , Stafford, Virginia, USA

Gender Female

Died 17 Sep 1845 , Callaway, Missouri, USA

Buried Middle River Cemetery, Callaway, Missouri, USA

Person ID I1339 Herring Family of Callaway County, Missouri

Last Modified 22 Jul 2010

Family Henry F Elley, b. 22 Jul 1790, , Culpeper, Virginia, USA , d. 21 Mar 1872, , Callaway, Missouri, USA

Married 1817

Children

>	1. Catherine (Kitty) Ann Elley, b. 17 Dec 1821, , Culpeper, Virginia, USA , d. Aft 1900, , Callaway, Missouri, USA
	2. James Henry Elley, b. 23 Feb 1839, , Callaway, Missouri, USA , d. 12 Feb 1920, Mokane, Callaway, Missouri, USA

Last Modified 02 Aug 2008

Family ID F379 Group Sheet

Notes	From the History of Callaway County Missouri, 1884, page 587-589: was married in 1817 to Miss Mary A. James, who was born in Stafford county, Virginia, in 1793. They came to Callaway county, Missouri, as stated above, in 1835. Here they followed farming and lived until their deaths. They first bought 160 acres of land, and by industry so prospered that they became the. owners of nearly two sections of land. However, the wife died in September, 1845. By his first wife he raised a family of seven children, as follows: Mary A., wife of James M. Davis, died in 1850; Kitty A., wife of Thomas H. Caldwell; Benjamin F., Erwin G., Sallie A., wife of L. H. Gibbs, of Boone county; Harriet T., who died the wife of J. W. Elley, of St. Louis, in 1877, and James H. Picture of headstone on Find a Grave website.