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About Mary Brian Ross
Biography
From https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/9438456/mary-brian-ross#source
Mary Brian Stapler was the daughter of John Stapler and Ann Bryan; she had one known sister: Sarah F. Stapler b. abt 1820, and 2 brothers: James B. abt 1825, John W. b. abt 1825.
Mary was the 2nd wife of John Ross--a young Quaker girl from Wilmington, DE, whose religious beliefs did not hold to the southern practice of slavery. She constantly encouraged her husband to free their slaves; finally in 1856 he consented and set those slaves owned by him free.
She married on 2 Sep 1844 in Philadelphia, PA, Chief John Ross of the Cherokees; they had 2 children: Annie Brian Ross (1845-1876) who is buried at Ross Cemetery, Park Hill, OK, also her father and brother) and who married Leonidas Dobson; and John Ross (1847-1905) who married Caroline C. Lazalear and had 3 children: Addie Roche, Leonidas Cookman, and Mary Ross.
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ross_%28Cherokee_chief%29#Remarr...
Ross took his wife Mary and the children to Philadelphia so she could see her family. Ross returned to Washington, where he had an inconclusive meeting with President Lincoln and other supporters.[47] When he returned for Mary in 1865, he found her gravely ill with what was diagnosed as "lung congestion" (likely tuberculosis). She could not travel, so he remained with her for more than a month. Mary died of her illness on July 20, 1865. She was buried in her native Delaware. Ross returned to Indian Territory after her funeral.
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- link to Mary Brian Stapler in the U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935 Name:Mary Brian Stapler Birth Date: 15 Sep 1825 Birth Date on Image: 15 Ninth 1825 Birth Place: New Castle, Delaware Residence Place:Wilmington Father John Stapler Mother: Ann Stapler Event Type Birth Monthly Meeting Wilmington Monthly Meeting
- Page 62 of The History of Hamilton County and Chattanooga, Tennessee, Volume 1 By Zella Armstrong. “Children of Chief John Ross” 2 sons named John Ross given by Starr.
- link to The 1860 Federal census of Indian lands west of Arkansas lists Mary Bryan Stapler Ross as Mary B. Ross, with her brother, John W. Stapler and her sister Sarah Stapler, living in Tahlequah township.
- link to Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 26 April 2018), memorial page for Mary Brian Stapler Ross (10 Feb 1826 to 20 Jul 1865), Find A Grave Memorial no. 9438456, citing Wilmington and Brandywine Cemetery, Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware, USA ; Maintained by Alice P. (contributor 46631932) .
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Mary Brian Ross's Timeline
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September 15, 1825
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Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware, United States
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| 1845 |
July 7, 1845
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New Castle, New Castle, Delaware, United States
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March 1847
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Park Hill, Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory
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July 20, 1865
Age 39
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Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, United States
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Wilmington & Brandywine Cemetery, Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware, United States
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