Individual Details
MARY JANE "POLLY" DUNLAVY
(14 Feb 1789 - 8 Aug 1849)
Traditionally said to be born on the same day as her husband.
Mary Jane was buried on the homeplace of her son Grief, but in 1981 her stone was moved to Brookline Cemetery.
Found the reference to her maiden name in letter from Joe B. Haden to Mary Alice (Haden) Womack which also says that both John Perkins and Mary Dunlavy were brought up in Richmond, Virginia. Also mentions that Mary Dunlavy Perkins was present in the great theater fire in Richmond "125 years ago" (from the 1936 date of letter). The Fire occurred in Dec 1811.
Typed note found in J. B. Haden's papers: "My maternal grandmother, grandmother Perkins, whose maiden name was Dunlavy, was in this theater at the time of the fire mentioned in clipping. In the excitement she was knocked down by the panic stricken people and trampled nearly to death. She was, in fact, thought to be dead, but recovered." Signed Joseph B. Haden. Ladonia, Texas, Jan. 12, 1931. An accompanying clipping from the Dallas Morning News, dated 10 Jan 1931 is about a violin in the possession of a man who lives in Dallas - the violin was rescued in 1811 from the fire of the Richmond Theater in which 73 persons died, including the Governor of Virginia.
Bob Dillard relates that the family moved to Greene Co MO in 1839, settled west of Springfield on the Mount Vernon Road. Mary's grave marker is in Brookline Cemetery, Greene Co, MO, although a note states the stone was removed from a local farm and placed in the cemetery; the remains were not moved. Several members of the family are buried here.
FindAGrave #32853352.
Events
| Birth | 14 Feb 1789 | Virginia |  | ||
| Marriage | 10 Jan 1815 | Richmond, Henrico County, Virginia - JOHN PERKINS | | ||
| Death | 8 Aug 1849 | Greene County, Missouri | | ||
| Burial | Brookline Cemetery, Brookline, Greene County, Missouri |
Families
| Spouse | JOHN PERKINS (1789 - 1835) |
| Child | John R Perkins (1819 - 1884) |
| Child | William G. "Grief" Perkins (1821 - 1908) |
| Child | Benjamin C. Perkins (1822 - ) |
| Child | Olive Judith "Judy" Perkins (1821 - 1904) |
| Child | MARY JANE PERKINS (1826 - 1918) |
| Child | Frank Perkins ( - ) |
Endnotes
1. Bob Dillard, Genealogical Report of the family of William Perkins. May, 2000. Descendant of William Grief Perkins.
2. Logan County Kentucky Court Records (Copies sent by Mary Vick Duff).
3. Jordan R. Dodd et al, Virginia Marriage Index 1740-1850. Early American Marriages: Virginia to 1850. (Precision Indexing Publishers, Bountiful UT 19xx).
4. Bob Dillard, Genealogical Report of the family of William Perkins. May, 2000. Descendant of William Grief Perkins.