Mary Octavia Ingle was the daughter of William Riley Ingle 1836 – 1915 and Elizabeth Silvers 1871. Her siblings were:
Josephine Ingle 1862; Gordon Kelsie Ingle 1864; Joseph Henry Ingle 1868 – 1935; Cora Ellen Ingle 1870 Robert Taylor Ingle 1875; Sarah Corline Ingle 1879; Lottie Ingle 1891; Charles Waidslow Ingle 1896 and Arlone Ingle 1897.

On March 2 1883, William Henderson Kite, in a wedding ceremony claimed Mary Octavia (Tave) Ingles as his bride. From this union Bill and Mary were blessed with 13 children. They were: Joseph Francis Kite 1884 – 1939; Alfred Claude Kite 1885 – 1969; Bessie Elizabeth Kite 1887 – 1887; Dora Alice Kite 1888 – 1966; Nora Ellen Kite 1888 – 1943; Leslie N Kite 1889 – 1951; Carrie Belle Kite 1890 – 1975; Hila Florence Kite 1891 – 1985; Emma Lee Kite 1893 – 1893; Minnie Lou Kite 1894 – 1940; Dovie Kite 1896 – 1967; Gracie Maude Kite 1898 – 1906; Leonette Kite 1899 – 1961; Willie Jay Kite 1903 – 1972 and Josie Beatrice Kite 1905 – 1973.

By 1900 Mary, Bill and his family were living in Civil District 6, Greene, Tennessee. He was a farmer and his two older sons were 16 and 14, old enough to help him support his family of 11 children.

By 1910 they had moved to Texas where he rented a farm on Allen and Frisco Road in Justice Precinct 1, Collin, Texas.

William Henderson Kite's untimely death at 47 years old came on Jan 15, 1912. It was a very sad day for Mary and the family. History does not tell us the cause of his death. A burial plot was selected for him at the Williams Cemetery, where Mary, her children and friends gathered to bid their beloved husband, father and friend to "Rest in Peace"

The1930 census found Mary living with her son, Alfred and his wife, Pearl. Now she had three grandchildren, Audrey, Bernice and Perry. Alfred had purchased a home in Precinct 3, Anderson, Texas, and he was employed as a farmer. Living with then was a cousin, Lesley Hurley.

The 1940 census revealed that Mary was paying $15.00 a month rent for a house at 3401 Peabody street in Dallas Texas. Mary wasn't working, but she had an income Her granddaughter Audrey Kite May and her husband Henry and their year old baby were living with her. Henry had employment in a Plaining Mill as a machine operator.

The Texas death Index confirmed that Mary Kite passed away on 3 May 1948 and was buried in Anderson C0, Texas.

~*~He was called the Rose of Sharon. This son, God gave us all. And life, like a rose, starts just a bud, and toward the end, the pedals fall~*~ "Rest in Peace" (bio by Audrey DeCamp Hoffman)