Mary Scott Jackson1

b. 25 September 1855, d. 13 May 1910
Mary (Jackson) Dunn (cropped)
photo courtesy Carolyn Ryburn
FatherMinter Jackson2 b. 20 Sep 1824, d. 13 May 1907
MotherMary Katherine Fell2 b. 28 Aug 1830, d. 4 Mar 1856
Birth25 Sep 1855 Mary Scott Jackson was born on 25 Sep 1855 in Glenville, Gilmer County, Virginia (now West Virginia).3,4,5 
Moth-Death4 Mar 1856  Mary was less than six months old when her mother died, leaving Mary's father, Minter, to care for two small children. 
Cens-186028 Jun 1860 The 1860 census enumeration for Gilmer County recorded Minter with Stephen, 8, and Mary, 4.1 
  In the summer of 1864 Mary gained a stepmother when Minter married Isabella Beattie. By that time the family was living back in Smyth County, Virginia. Two half-siblings arrived during the next 5 years. 
Anecdote Mary kept an album of poetry, autographs and notes. One of the early entries was written by Samuel Dunn a year before their marriage. His entry was titled "To Miss Mollie" and included in part, "May your life Miss Mollie be long and happy as this Sunday has been, bright and like this quiet evening - May it end in tranquility - cheered by immortal hope."6 
Marriage15 Jun 1875 She married Samuel Beattie Ryburn Dunn, son of Dr. Samuel Dunn and Jane Beattie Ryburn Edmiston, on 15 Jun 1875 at the Exchange Hotel in Marion, Smyth County, Virginia.7,8,4 
Cens-188030 Jun 1880 After their marriage Samuel and Mary lived in the Black Lick District of Wythe County. There they were enumerated with their three young children in 1880. Samuel worked as a store clerk. Also living with them was Edwin Sanders, age 65 who was listed on the census as a boarder.9 
Cens-19007 Jun 1900 By 1900 the family had returned to Washington County, where the census taker recorded Samuel and Mary, who had been married 25 years, and 5 of their children. Mary stated that she was the mother of 12 chldren, of whom only 6 were living.10 
Residence  The family lived in a large white house with a double porch on Old Mill Road in Glade Spring.11 
Devisee1907  Mary's father, Minter Jackson, died in 1907 leaving an extensive estate in Washington and Smyth Counties. His will left each of his living children, including Mary, $100. Minter also left W.B. Jackson [Mary's brother], certain items as trustee for Mary and her children. This included the rent from 17 acres near Walker's Mtn; the rent from the house and lot occupied by S.B. Dunn [Mary's husband?], the rent from a storehouse and lot at Glade Spring, and $15 a month to be managed by W.B. Jackson. At Mary's death these properties were to pass to her children with W.B. Jackson again serving as trustee.12 
Cens-191021 Apr 1910 The 1910 census for the Glade Spring precinct was enumerated on the 21st of April 1910, about three weeks before Mary's death. Enumerated with her were her daughters Cloydine, Sallie and Florence.13 
Death13 May 1910 Mary died on 13 May 1910 in Glade Spring, Washington County, Virginia, at age 54.14,15,16 
Burial She was buried at Old Glade Spring Cemetery in Washington County, Virginia.17 

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Poem from Samuel to Mary, written the summer before they married. Click on camera icon for larger image18
Page from notebook kept by Mary's brother Stephen Alonzo Jackson listing Samuel and Mary's children19
Mary and Samuel's monument
Other interments in Old Glade Spring Cemetery

Family

Samuel Beattie Ryburn Dunn b. 21 Mar 1851, d. 6 Sep 1908
Children
Last Edited13 Oct 2012

Citations

  1. [S1139] Minter Jackson household, 1860 U.S. cens, Gilmer Co., Virginia, pop. sched., Glenville Post Office, p. 39 (963 added script), dwelling 272, family 259, viewed online at Genealogy.com, Jan. 2005, image 13 of 34. Enumeration reports: Minter Jackson, 35, farmer, owns land valued at $15,000 and personal property of same amt, b. Harrison Co., VA; Stepen [sic] A., 8, b. Gilmer Co., VA; Mary Scott [Jackson], 4, b. same.
  2. [S1541] Lineage application of Virginia Dunn Sheets, national no 212996, Daughters of the American Revolution (Edward Jackson), dated 10 Jun 1925. Virginia was Mary (Jackson) Dunn's daughter.
  3. [S3014] Family data, Minter Jackson and wives, The Holy Bible, original held in 2012 by Smyth Co. Virginia Genealogical Society, digitized online at http://smythcountygs.org/Family_Bibles.html. Birth page includes (2nd entry): Mary Scott Jackson September 25 1855 Glenville Gilmer Co. Va. [added later in pencil: Mother of W.B. Jackson Jr.'s wife]
  4. [S2676] Family records, Stephen Alonzo Jackson (d. 1892) Notebook, held in 2011 by Jackson descendants. Stephen Jackson was Mary's half-brother.
  5. [S1542] Lineage application worksheet of Virginia Dunn Beatie, Daughters of the American Revolution (William Dunn), dated 1974-76. Virginia was Mary's daughter; uses 25 Sept. 1855 at Glenville, Gilmer Co., then VA.
  6. [S146] "Album of Poetry and Thoughts," Mary Jackson Dunn.
  7. [S60] Thomas Hockett and Shelia Steele Hunt, Smyth Co. VA Marriages 1851-1891 & 1860 Census, p. 53. S.B.R. Dunn 23, b. Washington Co. VA, s/o Samuel and Jane Dunn AND Mary S. Jackson 19, Gilmore Co. VA, d/o M. & Mary K. Jackson; 15 Jun 1875.
  8. [S3014] Family data, Minter Jackson and wives, The Holy Bible, original held in 2012 by Smyth Co. Virginia Genealogical Society, digitized online at http://smythcountygs.org/Family_Bibles.html. Marriage page includes: S.B.R. Dunn of Washington Co. to Mary Scott Jackson Daughter of Minter & Mary K. Jackson June 15th 1875. [added later in pencil: mother of Cloydine Jackson]
  9. [S636] Samuel B. Dunn household, 1880 U.S. cens., Wythe Co., Virginia, pop sched., Black Lick District, ED 106, page 381A (stamped), dwelling 525, family 577, viewed online at Ancestry.com, March 30, 2003, image 61 of 62. Samuel B. Dunn 29 clerk in store; Mary J. 21 [?], wife; Mary E. 4 dau; Samuel M. 2 son; Stuart V. 1; a servant; Edwin H. Sanders 65, widowed or divorced, boarder, clerk in store; all born VA and all parents b. VA.
  10. [S574] Samuel B. Dunn household, 1900 U.S. cens., Washington Co., Virginia, pop. sched., Glade Spring District, ED 108, sheet 6B, dwelling 98, family 103, viewed online at Genealogy.com, April 2003, image 12 of 70. Samuel B. Dunn, 49, b. March 1851 VA, marr 25 yrs; Mary, wife 44, b. Sept 1855 W. Virginia, marr 25 yrs, mother 12 children, 6 living; Minter, son, 22, b. Feb. 1878; Walter, son, 16, b. March 1884; Cloydine, dau, 13, b. June 1886; Sallie B., dau, 7, May 1893; Florence, dau 3, b. Sept. 1896; all children b. VA.
  11. [S52] Letter, Carolyn Ryburn to Diana Powell, 15 Oct. 2001.
  12. [S2634] Jane Jackson Kimble, "Descendants", Jackson Family Genealogy (http://www.jacksonfamilygenealogy.com : Apr 2011). Will of Minter Jackson; copy provided by Linn Baiker from LDS film 808244 Gilmer County, WV Wills V 1-3: page 74 Will Book # not available.
  13. [S237] Mary S. Dunn household, 1910 U.S. cens., Washington Co., VA, pop. sched., Glade Spring Precinct, ED 116, sheet 8A, dwelling 127, family 137, viewed online at Ancestry.com.
  14. [S3014] Family data, Minter Jackson and wives, The Holy Bible, original held in 2012 by Smyth Co. Virginia Genealogical Society, digitized online at http://smythcountygs.org/Family_Bibles.html. Death records page (2nd entry in right column) reads: Mary Scott Jackson wife of Samuel B.R. Dunn died at Glade Spring Va [added in different script]: May 13 1910.
  15. [S1542] Lineage application worksheet of Virginia Dunn Beatie, Daughters of the American Revolution (William Dunn), dated 1974-76. Virginia was Mary's daughter; uses 13 May 1910 at Glade Spring, VA.
  16. [S2676] Family records, Stephen Alonzo Jackson (d. 1892) Notebook, held in 2011 by Jackson descendants. Stephen Jackson was Mary Scott's half-brother however he died in 1892. Mary's date of death (May 13, 1908) may have been recorded by Stephen's widow however it is incorrect as Mary Dunn was enumerated on the 1910 census.
  17. [S2] Catherine McConnell, High On A Windy Hill, p. 179. Mary Jackson Dunn, 1855-1910.
  18. [S1376] Image courtesy of Carolyn Ryburn.
  19. [S1376] Image courtesy Ramon Jackson.
  20. [S52] Letter, Carolyn Ryburn to Diana Powell, 15 Oct. 2001. Carolyn cites a chart on the Dunn family compiled years ago by she and her mother, Emma Leta Dunn Ryburn (a grandniece of Samuel B.R. Dunn).
  21. [S2676] Family records, Stephen Alonzo Jackson (d. 1892) Notebook, held in 2011 by Jackson descendants. Stephen A. Jackson was Mary (Jackson) Dunn's half-brother. He kept a notebook in which he recorded the names and dates of Mary's children. Children born after Stephen's 1892 death were entered by another family member, possibly some years after their birth as all of the dates to not appear accurate.