MARY TOMLINSON PAYNE-BRYARLY was born on 10 November 1839 in Berkeley County, West Virginia to Nathan D. & Mary Ann Payne.

Mary married Richard Henry Bryarly on 06 November 1866 in Berkeley County, West Virginia, and they had SEVEN children that are known of:

Richard Dunbar Bryarly (1867-1976),
Henry Payne Bryarly (1869-1947),
Sarah "Sallie" Bryarly-Miller (1871-1973),
Samuel Pressly Bryarly (1873-1900),
Richard Nelson Bryarly (1877-1879),
M. P. Bryarly (1879-1879), and
Robert Wakeman Bryarly (1879-1880).

Mary passed away on 30 November 1910 in Berkeley County, West Virginia, and she was laid to rest at Darkesville Cemetery in Berkeley County, West Virginia.

REFERENCES:

1. 27 August 1850 Berkeley, 9th District, Berkeley County, Virginia Census, (Stamped 381, Sheet 764, Family #1031, Line 42), Parent's Household, Nathan & Mary Payne.

2. 16 July 1860 Mill Creek Post Office, Berkeley County, Virginia Census, (Stamped 867, Sheet 115, Family #799, Line 14), Parent's Household, Nathan D. & Mary Payne. NOTE: Nicknamed "Mollie" on this census record.

3. 21 July 1870 Arden Township, Martinsburg P.O., Berkeley County, West Virginia, (Stamped 140 A, Sheet 15, Family #97, Line 30), Husband's Household, Richard H. Bryarly (Misspelled "Briarly").

4. 3 June 1880 Arden District 12, Berkeley County, West Virginia Census, (ED: 12 Stamped , Sheet 4D, Family #27, Line 1), Head of Household, Widow: Mary Bryarly.

5. 1900 Census.

6. 27 April 1910 Martinsburg, Ward 1, Berkeley County, West Virginia Census, (ED: 19, Stamped 15, Sheet 15A, Family #302, Line 29), Son-in-Law: Charles A. & Daughter: Sarah Miller's Household.

7. Referenced in notes of R.E. Griffith to Samuel Bryarly III.

8. West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970:
Groom: Richard H. Bryasly.
Age 33.
Estimated Birth: 1833.
Bride: Mary T. Payne.
Age: 25.
Estimated Birth: 1841.
Married: 06 November 1866.
Place: Berkeley County, West Virginia.
Groom's Father: Robert Bryasly.
Groom's Mother: Sarah Bryasly.
Bride's Father: Nathan D. Payne.
Bride's Mother: Ann Payne.

9. Her son's Biography (Henry Payne Bryarly), states Mary Payne-Bryarly died at the age of 70.
http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/wv/berkeley/bios/bryarly.txt

10. Darkesville Cemetery Transcript:
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wvberkel/darkesville.html