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Mary Leigh (Brooks)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Bedford County, Tennessee, USA
Death: May 08, 1864 (52)
Girard, Macoupin County, Illinois, USA
Place of Burial: Girard Township Cemetery, Girard, Macoupin County, Illinois, USA
Immediate Family:

Wife of Albert Gallatin Leigh, Sr
Mother of Laura Ann Crenshaw; Capt Benjamin Leigh; Edward Eugene Leigh; Elvira Clark; William Henry Leigh and 5 others

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About Mary Leigh

Mary Brooks.5, (John Brooks.4, Matthew Brooks.3, Robert Brooks.2, Richard Brooks.1) born: 12 August 1811, Bedford County Tennessee, died: 8 May 1864, Girard, Macoupin County Illinois, aged: 52 years 8 months 27 days old, buried: Girard Township Cemetery, Girard, Macoupin County Illinois, daughter of: John Brooks and Mary Ann "Polly" Wright, married: 11 April 1830, Madison County Illinois, Albert Gallatin Leigh, born: 17 May 1807, Prince Edward County Virginia, died: 20 February 1866, Nilwood, Macoupin County Illinois, buried: Girard Township Cemetery, Girard, Macoupin County Illinois, son of; Emanuel Jones Leigh and Martha Thomason, Children; Laura Ann (Leigh) Crenshaw (Mrs. William Robert Crenshaw), Benjamin Leigh, Edward Eugene Leigh, Elvira (Leigh ) Clark (Mrs. Lemuel Marion Clark), William Henry Leigh, Albert Gallatin Leigh Jr., James Leigh, Martha "Mattie" (Leigh) Nutter (Mrs. Harrison Nutter), Charles Leigh, John Leigh.

Source; Carlinville Free Democrat, 12 May 1864, page 3 column 3.
Died on the 8th. instance, Mrs. Mary Leigh, in the 53rd. year of her life.

Source: Tombstone Revelations in Macoupin County Illinois, compiled by Macoupin County Historical society committee.
Leigh, Mary (wife of A. G. Leigh, 52 years 8 months 27 days, 05-08-1864 (8 May 1864)

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Mary Leigh's Timeline

1811
August 12, 1811
Bedford County, Tennessee, USA
1830
January 1830
Edwardsville, Madison County, Illinois, USA
1832
February 14, 1832
Edwardsville, Madison County, Illinois, USA
1834
March 18, 1834
Edwardsville, Madison County, Illinois, USA
1838
1838
Carlinville, Macoupin County, Illinois, USA
1839
1839
Carlinville, Macoupin County, Illinois, USA
1842
December 27, 1842
Carlinville, Macoupin County, Illinois, USA
1843
February 22, 1843
Carlinville, Macoupin County, Illinois, USA
1846
August 16, 1846
Carlinville, Macoupin County, Illinois, USA
1849
November 4, 1849
Carlinville, Macoupin County, Illinois, USA