Source Text:

Name: Mary Carlyle Cravens
Birth Date: 29 Jun 1772
Birth Location:
Death Date: 17 Aug 1866 (aged 94)
Death Location:
Burial: Toombs Cemetery
City: Arbela
County: Scotland County
State: Missouri
Country: USA
Memorial ID: 75492656

Daughter of John Carlyle.

Wife of John C. Cravens, married 01 JAN 1790 in Loudoun County, Virginia.
** Note--another source gave 6 FEB 1799 in Loudoun County, Virginia as marriage information.

Can you imagine that this pioneering woman was in her 90s when she traveled with her family, likely in a wagon, to re-locate in their new home in Missouri. Makes my bones ache to think of it. She must have been beloved by her family, who just would not leave her behind to be buried in Kentucky.

Shared on this memorial page is a drawing of Mary Cravens.
Written on the back of this drawing are the following words:
"Buried at Memphis, MO.
Mary Carlyle Cravens
Born June 29, 1772 in Virginia
Died Aug 17, 1866 in Memphis, MO
Buried in a county cemetery called The Toombs Cemetery, 8 miles South East of Memphis, Mo and 4 miles South and West......Mo.
My mother's great grandmother
My great great grand mother
Sam's great great great grandmother
Gordon's great great great great grandmother"

The drawing was archived and the words written by Helen (Standley) Amery

Family Members
Children
Margaret Cravens Jenkins 1814–1906
Marthy Ann "Patsy" Craven Jenkins 1816–1913