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Mary Wayne Stites
Gender:
Female
Born:
1779
Died:
October 21, 1809
Home Town:
Unknown, SC
Marriage(s):
Richard Montgomery Stites (1801)
Biographical Notes:
Born to Richard and Eliza Wayne. Her father arrived in America from Yorkshire, England, in 1759, and set up a merchant business in Charleston, South Carolina. The family moved to Savannah in 1790. Through her daughter, Sarah Anderson Stites Gordon, Mary was the great-grandmother of Juliette Gordon Low, founder of the U.S. Girl Guides (later known as the Girl Scouts of America).
Additional Notes:
Buried in Laurel Grove Cemetery North, Savannah, GA.
Immediate Family (Why only immediate family?)
- Richard Wayne Stites
Son
LLS (1821-1823) - Richard Montgomery Stites
Husband
Secondary Sources:
The Republican; and Savannah Evening Ledger, July 11, 1809 (death notice for Richard Wayne)
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