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Mary Kinney (Edmunds)

Also Known As: "Polly"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Amherst County, Virginia
Death: August 14, 1831 (69)
Augusta County, Virginia, United States
Place of Burial: Trinity Episcopal Churchyard, Staunton, Staunton City, Virginia, USA
Immediate Family:

Daughter of James B Edmunds and Sarah Edmunds
Wife of Chesley Kinney, Sr.
Mother of Nicholas Cabell Kinney; William Kinney; Hon. Chesley Kinney, II; Jefferson Kinney and Archibald Stuart Kinney
Sister of Alexander Edmunds; Mildred (Milley) Cooney; Samuel Edmunds; Patsy Edmunds; James Edmunds, Jr. and 7 others
Half sister of Sally Edmunds

Occupation: housewife
Managed by: Andrew Kinney Sherwood
Last Updated:

About Mary Kinney

Mary "Polly" Edmunds, a daughter of James and Sarah Edmunds, was born in the bounds of Amherst County, Virginia on November 2nd 1761.

  • Her father had served in the Virginia Militia during the war for independence.
  • Polly Edmunds married Chesley Kinney on September 19th 1791.

This union was blessed with the following known children:

  1. Nicholas Cabell (1792-1859)
  2. William (1795-1863)
  3. Chesley (1803-1851)
  4. Jefferson (1805-1866)
  5. Matilda Ruth (1808-1884)
  6. Archibald Stuart (1809-1881)

Polly Edmunds Kinney was a devoted member of Trinity Episcopal Church and a great helpmate to her husband in his civic duties as Mayor, Alderman and Clerk of Courts.

She departed this life on the 14th of August 1831 in the 69th year of her age and laid to rest in Trinity churchyard cemetery.

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Mary Kinney's Timeline

1761
November 2, 1761
Amherst County, Virginia
1793
February 29, 1793
Staunton, Augusta, Virginia, United States
1795
May 18, 1795
Staunton, VA, United States
1803
December 30, 1803
Augusta County, Virginia, USA
1804
April 4, 1804
Augusta County, Virginia, USA
1809
August 19, 1809
Augusta County, Virginia, USA
1831
August 14, 1831
Age 69
Augusta County, Virginia, United States
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Trinity Episcopal Churchyard, Staunton, Staunton City, Virginia, USA