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Mary Lewis Donnell

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Mary Lewis Donnell
A photo of Mary Lewis Donnell, sister of Dr James Lewis. This is a photo of my grandfathers Aunt Mary from the Family Bible. She was born Jan 7, 1809 and married Thomas Donnell in Kentucky in 1828. They had 3 daughters: Cassandra b. 1829, Margaret 1831, and Eliza 1834. They settled in Decatur Co, Indiana. Cassandra married Rev Joseph Walker from Dublin, Ireland. He was the minister of Springhill Church 1857-1867. Mary died May 1, 1898.
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She was born more than 200 years ago and there's something about photos of the elderly in the 1800s that fascinates us.
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very elaborate mourning dress … my g g grandmother Martha Miller Hundley, age 40 … taken in 1892 after the death of her husband Walter Balfour Hundley, in Newton KS at the photography studio of my gg uncle CC McDaniel
Such sadness in her eyes.
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11/23/2018
Ree Young ...yes, he died very young (44) and very suddenly
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I have Hundley ancestors from Mississippi.
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11/23/2018
Linda Vance ...it's not a very common name and one branch of the tree dropped the ''d'' … they came from Kentucky
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11/23/2018
She was only 20 when that photo was taken
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11/23/2018
Yeah she also looks like she’d pop you into next year if you looked at her the wrong way.
She was beautiful on so many levels... Her eyes are so alert and youthful looking.
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11/23/2018
That's exactly what I thought! 😊
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11/24/2018
Amazing
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11/24/2018
She has such an interesting face. She was probably very beautiful as a young woman.
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11/24/2018
Such character and beauty in those eyes.
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Gorgeous Pic!
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Mary (Lewis) Donnell
Mary (Lewis) Donnell was born on January 7, 1809, and died at age 89 years old on May 1, 1898. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Mary (Lewis) Donnell.
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