Mary Hooper Fleming

(1807-1891)

At a Glance

Mary Fleming and Haynes Waddell were married in Wilmington, NC. Her nine children were all born in North Carolina. The older children, except for Catherine, died in North Carolina. Son George died in Georgia. The other children died in Alabama. Mary F Waddell was removed from St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church registry in March, 1857. By 1860, Mary was living in Alabama with her husband and her oldest son, James Fleming Waddell and his family. Nearby were families of other sons and of her daughter Charlotte Isabelle Hooper.

Biographical Data

Important Dates

Mary Hooper Fleming was born in 1807, in Wilmington, NC. She died in 1891, and was buried in Opelika.

Occupations

• Seamstress.
• Keeping House.

Relatives

• Parents: James Fleming [1] and Mary Hooper Schaw [1].
• Spouse: Haynes Waddell (1826-1875), married on January 5, 1826 [1].
  Children:
  
  • four sons, De Berniere Waddell (1838-1924) [1], James Fleming Waddell (1826-1892), Francis Nash Waddell (1828-1856) and George Hooper Waddell (1883-1865).
  • five daughters, Charlotte Isabella Waddell (1840-1903)  [1], Catherine Shaw Waddell (1829-1854), Elizabeth Fleming Waddell (b. 1831), Sally Nash Waddell (1836-1855) and William Thurston Waddell (1844-1861).
• Others: Caroline Mallett Hooper (granddaughter, b. 1870), Charles Mallett Hooper (grandson, 1866-1890), Charlotte Isabella Hooper (granddaughter, 1863-1926), Elizabeth Fleming Hooper (granddaughter, 1860-1884), Emma Thurston Hooper (granddaughter, 1861-1899), George Beatty Hooper (grandson, 1875-1956) and Juliet De Berniere Hooper (granddaughter, 1874-1903).

References

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