Mary Davis

1796 - 1857  (61 years)

• Name	Mary Davis
  Birth	1796	Ireland
  Gender	Female
  _UID	CAA89C587BDDAD4F860349716C10B291BC49
  Death	23 Apr 1857	Virginia, Cass Co., IL
  Burial	Horrom Cemetery, Chandlerville, Cass Co., IL
  Person ID	I54183	sorrells
  Last Modified	24 Mar 2018

  
  

  Family	James Briar,   b. 1793, Ireland d. 22 Feb 1844, Cass Co., IL (Age 51 years)
  Children	1. Elizabeth Briar,   b. 12 Nov 1826, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., PA d. 30 Nov 1887, Cass Co., IL (Age 61 years)
  Family ID	F20176	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Oct 2024

  
  

• Photos

  Mary Davis Briar Tombstone

  
  

• Notes

  Married James Briar in Ireland. Immigrated to USA about 1815. First lived in New York City, then Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Pittsburgh. James was a contractor on Government works, and while in New York City was engaged in building lighthouses in New York harbor. Subsequently he was one of the contractors on the building of the State prison at Allegheny. In the fall of 1836 they came to Illinois. They spent the winter at Beardstown, during which time he looked around for a location suitable for a home, and in the spring entered a tract of Government land in the Sangamon river bottoms.