Mary Walker "Polly" (Brasher) Ralph was born in on October 7, 1809 in Guilford County, NC to Zaza Dowell Brasher [Brashear] and Lucy (McGhee) Brashear; Source: Pages 90-92 of "A Brashear(s) Family History, Vol. 2" by Charles Brashear, pub 1999 by author. Mary's father was sheriff of Guilford County, NC from early 1790's to about 1800, Justice of the Peace in 1801,(source: page 90 of "A Brashear(s) Family History, Vol. 2" by Charles Brashear, pub 1999 by author), and a member of the House of Commons in the North Carolina General Assembly in 1802, 1804, 1805 and 1806. Source: "The History of Guilford County, North Carolina" by Sallie W. Stockard, Knoxville, Tenn: Gaut-Ogden Co., Printers and Book Binders, 1902; available at archive.org.
Mary's mother, Lucy, married 1st: James Norton and they had one daughter; Nancy (Norton) Folger b. 1807, (Mary's half sister). Source: Page 90 of "A Brashear(s) Family History, Vol. 2" by Charles Brashear, pub 1999 by author.
Mary's mother, Lucy, married 2nd: Zaza D. Brasher [Brashier] and they had five children:
Mary Walker "Polly" (Brasher) Ralph (1809-1870)
Jemima Franklin (Brasher) Warren (abt 1811-abt 1845)
Margery G. "Maggie" (Brasher) Fortune (1814-1851)
Asa Dowell Brasher, Sr. (1816-1903)m. Eliz Gordon
Dr. William T. Brasher (1819-1898) m. Mary Lacy
Source: Page 92 of "A Brashear(s) Family History, Vol. 2" by Charles Brashear, pub 1999 by author.
Mary Walker Brasher married Dr. Arthur Bradford Ralph, Sr. in about 1829 and their children were:
Zaza Dowell Ralph (1830-1901)
Dr. Erasmus Darwin "ED" Ralph (1832-1911)
Dr. Arthur Bradford Ralph, Jr. (1836-1911)
Caroline (Ralph) King (abt 1839-1865)
Lucy (Ralph) Campbell (1841-1924)
Mary E (Ralph) Goode (1848-1901)
Isabelle "Belle" (Ralph) Gant (1852-1930)
Sources: Page 93 of "A Brashear(s) Family History, Vol. 2" by Charles Brashear, pub 1999 by author and; 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880 and 1900 US Census Reports at ancestry.com.
In 1870 Mary Walker (Brasher) Ralph and her husband, Arthur Ralph (spelled 'Arther'), lived with their daughter, Lucy, and son-in-law, Dr. William Campbell, in Camden, Ray County Missouri; according to that year's US Census Report.
Mary Walker (Brasher) Ralph died on June 22, 1870 in Missouri and was buried at the Brasher Cemetery in Orrick, Ray County, Missouri. Source: Page 93 of "A Brashear(s) Family History, Vol. 2" by Charles Brashear, pub 1999 by author. Mary's husband, Ralph, was buried in the same cemetery some 18 years later, in 1888, with a matching headstone engraved with only their initials; MWR for Mary and ABR for Arthur. Source: memorial #18324104 at findagrave.com.
Page 201, 2nd column, of "Portrait and biographical record of Clay, Ray, Carroll, Chariton, and Linn Counties, Missouri" says she died in 1872.
bio by: Mary Ann Leppla - Mary Walker "Polly" (Brasher/Brashear) Ralph was my 3rd great grandmother.
Mary's mother, Lucy, married 1st: James Norton and they had one daughter; Nancy (Norton) Folger b. 1807, (Mary's half sister). Source: Page 90 of "A Brashear(s) Family History, Vol. 2" by Charles Brashear, pub 1999 by author.
Mary's mother, Lucy, married 2nd: Zaza D. Brasher [Brashier] and they had five children:
Mary Walker "Polly" (Brasher) Ralph (1809-1870)
Jemima Franklin (Brasher) Warren (abt 1811-abt 1845)
Margery G. "Maggie" (Brasher) Fortune (1814-1851)
Asa Dowell Brasher, Sr. (1816-1903)m. Eliz Gordon
Dr. William T. Brasher (1819-1898) m. Mary Lacy
Source: Page 92 of "A Brashear(s) Family History, Vol. 2" by Charles Brashear, pub 1999 by author.
Mary Walker Brasher married Dr. Arthur Bradford Ralph, Sr. in about 1829 and their children were:
Zaza Dowell Ralph (1830-1901)
Dr. Erasmus Darwin "ED" Ralph (1832-1911)
Dr. Arthur Bradford Ralph, Jr. (1836-1911)
Caroline (Ralph) King (abt 1839-1865)
Lucy (Ralph) Campbell (1841-1924)
Mary E (Ralph) Goode (1848-1901)
Isabelle "Belle" (Ralph) Gant (1852-1930)
Sources: Page 93 of "A Brashear(s) Family History, Vol. 2" by Charles Brashear, pub 1999 by author and; 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880 and 1900 US Census Reports at ancestry.com.
In 1870 Mary Walker (Brasher) Ralph and her husband, Arthur Ralph (spelled 'Arther'), lived with their daughter, Lucy, and son-in-law, Dr. William Campbell, in Camden, Ray County Missouri; according to that year's US Census Report.
Mary Walker (Brasher) Ralph died on June 22, 1870 in Missouri and was buried at the Brasher Cemetery in Orrick, Ray County, Missouri. Source: Page 93 of "A Brashear(s) Family History, Vol. 2" by Charles Brashear, pub 1999 by author. Mary's husband, Ralph, was buried in the same cemetery some 18 years later, in 1888, with a matching headstone engraved with only their initials; MWR for Mary and ABR for Arthur. Source: memorial #18324104 at findagrave.com.
Page 201, 2nd column, of "Portrait and biographical record of Clay, Ray, Carroll, Chariton, and Linn Counties, Missouri" says she died in 1872.
bio by: Mary Ann Leppla - Mary Walker "Polly" (Brasher/Brashear) Ralph was my 3rd great grandmother.
Mary Walker "Polly" (Brasher) Ralph was born in on October 7, 1809 in Guilford County, NC to Zaza Dowell Brasher [Brashear] and Lucy (McGhee) Brashear; Source: Pages 90-92 of "A Brashear(s) Family History, Vol. 2" by Charles Brashear, pub 1999 by author. Mary's father was sheriff of Guilford County, NC from early 1790's to about 1800, Justice of the Peace in 1801,(source: page 90 of "A Brashear(s) Family History, Vol. 2" by Charles Brashear, pub 1999 by author), and a member of the House of Commons in the North Carolina General Assembly in 1802, 1804, 1805 and 1806. Source: "The History of Guilford County, North Carolina" by Sallie W. Stockard, Knoxville, Tenn: Gaut-Ogden Co., Printers and Book Binders, 1902; available at archive.org.
Mary's mother, Lucy, married 1st: James Norton and they had one daughter; Nancy (Norton) Folger b. 1807, (Mary's half sister). Source: Page 90 of "A Brashear(s) Family History, Vol. 2" by Charles Brashear, pub 1999 by author.
Mary's mother, Lucy, married 2nd: Zaza D. Brasher [Brashier] and they had five children:
Mary Walker "Polly" (Brasher) Ralph (1809-1870)
Jemima Franklin (Brasher) Warren (abt 1811-abt 1845)
Margery G. "Maggie" (Brasher) Fortune (1814-1851)
Asa Dowell Brasher, Sr. (1816-1903)m. Eliz Gordon
Dr. William T. Brasher (1819-1898) m. Mary Lacy
Source: Page 92 of "A Brashear(s) Family History, Vol. 2" by Charles Brashear, pub 1999 by author.
Mary Walker Brasher married Dr. Arthur Bradford Ralph, Sr. in about 1829 and their children were:
Zaza Dowell Ralph (1830-1901)
Dr. Erasmus Darwin "ED" Ralph (1832-1911)
Dr. Arthur Bradford Ralph, Jr. (1836-1911)
Caroline (Ralph) King (abt 1839-1865)
Lucy (Ralph) Campbell (1841-1924)
Mary E (Ralph) Goode (1848-1901)
Isabelle "Belle" (Ralph) Gant (1852-1930)
Sources: Page 93 of "A Brashear(s) Family History, Vol. 2" by Charles Brashear, pub 1999 by author and; 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880 and 1900 US Census Reports at ancestry.com.
In 1870 Mary Walker (Brasher) Ralph and her husband, Arthur Ralph (spelled 'Arther'), lived with their daughter, Lucy, and son-in-law, Dr. William Campbell, in Camden, Ray County Missouri; according to that year's US Census Report.
Mary Walker (Brasher) Ralph died on June 22, 1870 in Missouri and was buried at the Brasher Cemetery in Orrick, Ray County, Missouri. Source: Page 93 of "A Brashear(s) Family History, Vol. 2" by Charles Brashear, pub 1999 by author. Mary's husband, Ralph, was buried in the same cemetery some 18 years later, in 1888, with a matching headstone engraved with only their initials; MWR for Mary and ABR for Arthur. Source: memorial #18324104 at findagrave.com.
Page 201, 2nd column, of "Portrait and biographical record of Clay, Ray, Carroll, Chariton, and Linn Counties, Missouri" says she died in 1872.
bio by: Mary Ann Leppla - Mary Walker "Polly" (Brasher/Brashear) Ralph was my 3rd great grandmother.
Mary's mother, Lucy, married 1st: James Norton and they had one daughter; Nancy (Norton) Folger b. 1807, (Mary's half sister). Source: Page 90 of "A Brashear(s) Family History, Vol. 2" by Charles Brashear, pub 1999 by author.
Mary's mother, Lucy, married 2nd: Zaza D. Brasher [Brashier] and they had five children:
Mary Walker "Polly" (Brasher) Ralph (1809-1870)
Jemima Franklin (Brasher) Warren (abt 1811-abt 1845)
Margery G. "Maggie" (Brasher) Fortune (1814-1851)
Asa Dowell Brasher, Sr. (1816-1903)m. Eliz Gordon
Dr. William T. Brasher (1819-1898) m. Mary Lacy
Source: Page 92 of "A Brashear(s) Family History, Vol. 2" by Charles Brashear, pub 1999 by author.
Mary Walker Brasher married Dr. Arthur Bradford Ralph, Sr. in about 1829 and their children were:
Zaza Dowell Ralph (1830-1901)
Dr. Erasmus Darwin "ED" Ralph (1832-1911)
Dr. Arthur Bradford Ralph, Jr. (1836-1911)
Caroline (Ralph) King (abt 1839-1865)
Lucy (Ralph) Campbell (1841-1924)
Mary E (Ralph) Goode (1848-1901)
Isabelle "Belle" (Ralph) Gant (1852-1930)
Sources: Page 93 of "A Brashear(s) Family History, Vol. 2" by Charles Brashear, pub 1999 by author and; 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880 and 1900 US Census Reports at ancestry.com.
In 1870 Mary Walker (Brasher) Ralph and her husband, Arthur Ralph (spelled 'Arther'), lived with their daughter, Lucy, and son-in-law, Dr. William Campbell, in Camden, Ray County Missouri; according to that year's US Census Report.
Mary Walker (Brasher) Ralph died on June 22, 1870 in Missouri and was buried at the Brasher Cemetery in Orrick, Ray County, Missouri. Source: Page 93 of "A Brashear(s) Family History, Vol. 2" by Charles Brashear, pub 1999 by author. Mary's husband, Ralph, was buried in the same cemetery some 18 years later, in 1888, with a matching headstone engraved with only their initials; MWR for Mary and ABR for Arthur. Source: memorial #18324104 at findagrave.com.
Page 201, 2nd column, of "Portrait and biographical record of Clay, Ray, Carroll, Chariton, and Linn Counties, Missouri" says she died in 1872.
bio by: Mary Ann Leppla - Mary Walker "Polly" (Brasher/Brashear) Ralph was my 3rd great grandmother.
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