Mary Belle Marable

(1861-1909)

At a Glance

According to research completed by Mary Claire Engstrom, Mary Belle, known as Belle, married a Mr. Dean. They had six children: Christine, Marable, Carlton, Dorothy, Gladys and David.

Updated by a BSHS Researcher in 2018:

It is possible that Mary was actually the daughter of Benjamin Franklin Marable's second wife, Octavia Marable, not Mary Amelia Faison.

Biographical Data

Mary was called Belle.

Important Dates

Mary Belle Marable was born c. 1861. She died in January 1909.

Relatives

• Parents: Benjamin Franklin Marable (1832-1892) [1] and Mary Amelia Faison (1833-1861)  [1].
• Spouse: [Unknown] Dean [1].
  Children:
  
  • three sons, Marable Dean [1], Carlton Dean [1] and David Dean [1].
  • three daughters, Christine Dean [1], Gladys Dean [1] and Dorothy Dean [1].
• Maternal grandparents: William Alexander Faison (1791-1857) and Susan Moseley (1799-1860).
• Sibling: one sister, Louisa Marable (b. 1859).
• Uncles: Matthew James Faison (1819-1874), William Alexander Faison, II (1821-1903), Franklin Julian Faison (1823-1862), Abner Moseley Faison (1825-1888) and Albert Faison (b. 1826).
• Aunts: Eliza Ann Faison (1815-1862), Sarah Maria Faison (1816-1844), Susan Arabella Faison (1828-1902) and Elizabeth Grace Faison (b. 1830).
• Cousins: Mary Bailey Murphy (b. 1834) , Susan Moseley Murphy (b. 1834)  and Lou Murphy.
• Others: Charles Stuart McDugald (half-brother, 1855-1855) and John Gillespie McDugald, Jr. (half-brother, 1856-1857).

References

1. Mary Claire Engstrom. The Book of Burwell Students: Lives of Educated Women in the Antebellum South. (Hillsborough: Hillsborough Historic Commission, 2007).