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Mary Grimké (Smith)

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Birthplace: Charleston, South Carolina
Death: July 21, 1839 (75)
Charleston, South Carolina
Place of Burial: Trinity Methodist Church Cemetery Charleston Charleston County South Carolina
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Thomas Smith and Sarah Smith
Wife of Judge John Grimké
Mother of Dr. John Grimké; Thomas Smith Grimké; Benjamin Grimke; Mary Grimké; Frederick Grimke and 9 others
Sister of Lt Col Roger Moore Smith; Col. Benjamin Smith (Cont. Army), Gov. and James Harvey Smith

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About Mary Grimké

https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=42467352

John and Mary Grimké had fourteen children, three of whom died in infancy. Their children included Sarah Moore Grimké and Angelina Grimké, noted orators and abolitionists; attorney and reformer Thomas Smith Grimké, and Henry W. Grimke. Another son, Frederick (born in Charleston 1 September 1791; died in Chillicothe, Ohio 8 March 1863), a graduate of Yale, moved to Ohio, where he became a judge and state supreme court justice.

John and Mary Grimke's mixed-race grandchildren, through their son Henry W. Grimke, included journalist and diplomat Archibald Grimké, Francis J. Grimké, a Presbyterian minister, and John Grimké (d.1918).

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Mary Grimké's Timeline

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February 7, 1764
Charleston, South Carolina
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August 12, 1785
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September 26, 1786
Charleston, South Carolina, United States
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November 8, 1789
United States
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September 1, 1791
Charleston, South Carolina
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November 26, 1792
South Carolina, United States
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May 1, 1794
Charleston, South Carolina, United States
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June 21, 1795