Mary Mahaffey

Mary was born in 1829 in Washington County, Virginia.¹   Mary's father was Samuel Mahaffey and her mother was Martha Jameson.  Her paternal grandfather was Hugh Mahaffey; her maternal grandparents were John Jameson and Nancy Hayther. She had two brothers and three sisters, named David Leander, Samuel G., Nancy, Clarissa and Martha Jane.  She was the oldest of the six children.