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Female MARY Dingess Click to view MARY Dingess in the family tree

MARY was born on September 30th, 1779 in Montgomery co. VA.1   MARY's father was JOHANNES Peter Dingess and her mother was MARY Smith.  Her paternal grandparents are MICHAEL DINGESS and GERTRUDE; her maternal grandparents are Thomas Smith and Barbara Dunbar Anderson. She had four brothers and six sisters, named William, Charles Anderson, Peter, John, Elizabeth, Susannah, Ann, Sarah, Margaret and Harriett.  She was the sixth oldest of the eleven children.  She died at the age of 47 on June 5th, 1827 in Giles Co, Virginia.2 


MARY's first family with DAVID Edwin French

‌MARY and DAVID Edwin were married in a religious ceremony on June 8th, 1797 in Montgomery Co, Virginia.3   They had six sons and three daughters, named Guy Dingess, David, Rufus A, Napoleon Bonaparte, WILLIAM Henderson, James Harvey, Cynthia, Harriet and Minerva Ann.


MARY's second family with David French

‌MARY and David were married in a religious ceremony on June 18th, 1797 in Montgomery co. VA.1   They had a son named Napolean Bonaparte.

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