Mary E. Jeffreys

(1835-1900)

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At a Glance

Mary was a cousin of Victoria Garland , also a Burwell School student [1].

Story

Mary attended the Burwell School c. 1850. She came from an affluent, educated family. Her mother (Agnes Wilson Glenn) attended Salem Academy NC, as did other family members. Mary married Littleton Tazewell Hunt in Caswell County. Descendants of the family continue to live in Caswell County [1].

Biographical Data

Important Dates

Mary E. Jeffreys was born in 1835 [1], in Red House in Caswell County, NC [1]. She died after 1900 [2].

Places of Residence

• Red House in Caswell County, NC [1].

Schools Attended

• Burwell School, from 1850.

Relatives

• Parents: James W. Jeffreys [3] and Agnes Wilson Glenn [3].
• Spouse: Littleton Tazewell Hunt (1826-1885), married from 1854 to 1885 [1].
  Children:
  
  • three sons, James N. Hunt (b. 1861) [1], Glen Hunt (b. 1863) [1] and Eustace Hunt (b. 1867) [1].
  • two daughters, Agnes Hunt (b. 1855) [1] and Mary Hunt (b. 1865) [1].
• Cousins: Victoria Garland (1836-1911)  [1] and Littleton Tazewell Hunt (1826-1885) [1].

References

1. Kenneth H. Cook,  "The Original Bloomsberg -- 1797,"  The Record-Advertiser, June 15, 1972.
2. United States Census of 1900.
3. Mary Claire Engstrom. The Book of Burwell Students: Lives of Educated Women in the Antebellum South. (Hillsborough: Hillsborough Historic Commission, 2007).