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I thought at first Mary "V." might be a stepdaughter living in Azariah Graves' household in 1860. There's some confusion dealing with the two wives named Martha and when Azariah married the second Martha. In 1860, Mary V. was already 13 years old and yet she had not appeared in the 1850 census with Azariah's family. In the 1900 census, Martha Walters would say she had had two children, both living - the ladies Mollie Belle and Bettie Flinn were in the household but neither were Martha's daughters. I have come to believe the enumerator possibly made an assumption they were her daughters and in reality, Azariah Walters third wife had no children at all. I believe that Azariah raised his nieces, Nancy & Mary F. Walters, daughters of his deceased brother Alexander.

I found a Mary Walters, age 4, living with Elizabeth Walters, widow of Archibald, in Caswell Co, Yanceyville, in 1850. Undoubtedly that was this orphaned child.

In an email exchange it was evident that there is an obituary for Mary F. Gravely who died 9 May 1923 at the home of her son, James G. Gravely, at Woodstock, VA. She was a daughter of Alexander and Mary Walters and widow of Peyton B. Gravely. She had two sons, Peyton B. Gravely and James G. Gravely; three daughters, Mrs. Kate Cabell, Mrs. Mary Clapp, and Mrs. Nannie Turpin. Mrs. Turpin lived in Colorado. Mrs. Nannie D. Green, mother of Mrs. Jno T. Watson, her only sister had died six years previously. She was buried Green Hill Cemetery. The Danville Bee, 10 May 1923, p.5.

Based on information about Alexander Walters marriages and census ages, it would seem likely that Sarah Paschal was the mother of the young Mary F. but instead it seems that Mary was an infant when they married, her mother perhaps having died at the time of her birth. She also appears to have been named for her mother. And, Mary F.'s obituary did state Nancy, or Nannie Green, had been her only sister and that her mother was Mary Walters.

1880 Census. Danville, Pittsylvania Co, VA
P. B. Gravely, age 45, b. VA, tobacco manfgr
M. F., wife, female, age 34
Kate W., dau, age 7; Payton, son, age 4; Jas. G, son, age 2
Annie Gravely, age 26, Sister
Catharine Morton, Black, age 23, servant
Lucy Puryear, Mulatto, age 20, servant
Lewis Peatross, Mulatto, age 15, servant
Ed. Coleman, Black, age 30, servant

1900 Census. Danville Ward 3, Danville City, VA Hh 14
Gravely, B. Payton, b. May 1835, age 65, married 28 years, b. VA as were his parents, tobacco manufacturer
Mary, wife, b. Feb 1852 [marked over - said 1842 underneath, but that wasn't right either - she was age 4 in 1850], age 48, 5 children, b. VA as were her parents
J. George, son, b. Jan 1879, age 21
N. Daisy, dau, b. Jun 1881, age 18
Mary, dau, b. Aug 1885, age 14
Olliver, Annie, servant, Black, b. May 1873, age 27, married 4 years, has had 3 children, only 1 living
Otis, son of servant, b. Feb 1895, age 5.

1910 Census. Danville Ward #3, Independent City, VA, Hh 27
Peyton B. Gravely, age 74, married once for 38 years, b. VA, living on his own income
Mary T., wife, age 64, has had 5 children, all are living.
James G., son, age 34, has been married twice.
Mary A., daughter in law is age 30, has had no children, they have not been married a year
Peyton, son, age 32, single
Alexander Jacobs, lodger, age 55

1920 Census. Stonewall, Shenandoah Co, VA, Hh 83
James G. Gravely, age 42. Alice S., wife, age 40 Born VA as were their parents.
Mary F., mother, age 74, b. VA as were her parents
Mary G. Clapp, niece, age 11, b. NC as was her father [This may have been Mary F's granddaughter, not her niece - she was James G's niece.]

Virginia Death Certificate #141334
Mrs. Mary Francis Gravley died 4 May 1923 at Woodstock, Shenandoah Co. of intercranial hemorrhage. She was a widow, born 3 Feb 1846 in Virginia. Her parents listed as Alexander Walters and Mary Frances Vesen, both born in Virginia. J. G. Graveley of Woodstock was the informant. Buried in Danville on May 11th.

The Danville Bee, 10 May 1923, p.5
Mrs. P. B. Gravely Dies at Woodstock, VA
Mrs. Mary F. Gravely died on Wednesday, May 9, at the home of her son, Jas. G. Gravely, at Woodstock, VA., having been suddenly stricken with paralysis on Friday, May 3rd, the end coming quickly.
She was in her 76th years, was born and reared in Danville, the daughter of the late Alexander and Mary Walters. The widow of Peyton B. Gravely, one of Danville's former largest tobacco manufacturers, she resided in Danville during her entire life with the exception of a few years prior to the death of her husband. Five children survive her; two sons, Peyton B. and Jas. G. Gravely, and three daughters; Mrs. Kate Cabell, Mrs. Mary Clapp, and Mrs. Nannie Turpin. Mrs. Nannie D. Green, mother of Mrs. Jno. T. Watson, her only sister, died about six years ago.
The remains, accompanied by all of her children, except Mrs. Turpin who lives in Colorado, will arrive on train No. 135, about 4 pm on Friday, May 11. The funeral party will go direct from the station to Green Hill Cemetery. Services will be held at the grave.

Birth	3 Feb 1846	Virginia
Marriage	24 Oct 1871	Martinsville, Henry County, Virginia - Peyton B. Gravely
Death	9 May 1923	Woodstock, Shenandoah County, Virginia

Spouse	Peyton B. Gravely (1835 - 1915)
Child	Kate Gravely (1873 - )
Child	Peyton B. Gravely (1875 - )
Child	Living
Child	Nannie Daisy Gravely (1881 - )
Child	Mary Verser Gravely (1885 - 1976)

Father	Alexander J. Walters (1805 - 1848)
Mother	Mary F. Vinson ( - 1846)
Sibling	Nancy Dyson "Nannie" Walters (1843 - 1917)