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Mary Catherine <I>Rippey</I> Edwards

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Mary Catherine Rippey Edwards

Birth
North Carolina, USA
Death
8 Dec 1936 (aged 76)
Newbern, Pulaski County, Virginia, USA
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Draper, Pulaski County, Virginia, USA Add to Map
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Mary Catherine Rippey was just a girl when her family moved from Alamance County, NC, to Carroll County, VA, just after the Civil War in 1867/8. There were at least 11 members of the Rippey family in the traveling party, but the reasons for the migration are not known. The Rippey family settled at the base of the Blue Ridge Mountains near Flower Gap Primitive Baptist Church and were farmers and orchardists. All eight of the Rippey children, who ranged in age from 4 to 27 when the moved occurred, married Carroll County natives. Mary Rippey married Daniel Austin "Auss" Edwards on December 20, 1877, a few days before she turned 18. They had eight daughters, all but one of whom survived to adulthood. Auss Edwards was killed on a Sunday, June 17, 1897, when he was shot in the chest by his neighbor, Alexander Thomas, while the men were on their way to church, according to a newspaper article in the Mt. Airy News. After her husband's death, Mary Rippey Edwards had one more child, George Arthur Edwards, born May 25, 1901. By 1910, Mary had moved with several family members, including George, to Pulaski County, where she lived the rest of her life.
Mary Catherine Rippey was just a girl when her family moved from Alamance County, NC, to Carroll County, VA, just after the Civil War in 1867/8. There were at least 11 members of the Rippey family in the traveling party, but the reasons for the migration are not known. The Rippey family settled at the base of the Blue Ridge Mountains near Flower Gap Primitive Baptist Church and were farmers and orchardists. All eight of the Rippey children, who ranged in age from 4 to 27 when the moved occurred, married Carroll County natives. Mary Rippey married Daniel Austin "Auss" Edwards on December 20, 1877, a few days before she turned 18. They had eight daughters, all but one of whom survived to adulthood. Auss Edwards was killed on a Sunday, June 17, 1897, when he was shot in the chest by his neighbor, Alexander Thomas, while the men were on their way to church, according to a newspaper article in the Mt. Airy News. After her husband's death, Mary Rippey Edwards had one more child, George Arthur Edwards, born May 25, 1901. By 1910, Mary had moved with several family members, including George, to Pulaski County, where she lived the rest of her life.

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