Biography

Appears to be a servant in the household of LCC in 1831 who takes care of her son Augustus (AxC). There is a incident with Augustus described in the letter 18310514LCC_FMS where LCC says,  "Mary took him to the ice house & sat him down for a moment she said on the straw whilst she came out to get something to break a piece of ice, when she went back he was missing he had gone down the side of the house where the ice had melted & quite out of sight. Mahlon ran & pulling away the straw could Just see his little bonnet, he laid down & made out to reach him —  dear little fellow I had almost despaired of seeing him alive, we had not long been home and if we had been gone I think he would have chilled or suffocated before there could have been any help brought"