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appendix Principal Families Mary Jeffreys Bethell (1821–?) and William D. Bethell (1815?–?) Mary Jeffreys Bethell Diary, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Mary and William were a wealthy Methodist couple from Rockingham County, North Carolina, who had five children in the 1850 U.S. Census and twenty-five slaves in their household. The Census lists William’s occupation as farmer, and he considered relocating his household to Arkansas. Mary Bethell’s diary records her devotional struggles and the challenges of rearing devout children, including seven of her own and four orphans. (William D. Bethell, Manuscript Population Schedules, Rockingham, North Carolina, Seventh Census, 1850, p. 5) Mary Davis Brown (1822–1903) and Robert Brown (?–1855) Mary Davis Brown Journal, in Jane Dupree Begos, comp., American Women’s Diaries, segment 2, Southern Women (microfilm, 34 reels, Readex, 1988–90), reel 3 Mary Davis was a Presbyterian who married clergyman Robert Jackson Brown, her first cousin and the pastor of Beersheba Church. The couple lived in York County, South Carolina, and had eleven children. Frances Bumpass (1819–98) and Sidney Bumpass (1808–51) Bumpass Family Papers, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Sidney Bumpass was a Methodist clergyman in North Carolina and editor of the Greensboro Weekly Message. His diary captures his conversion and early work for the Methodist Church. In addition to illuminating the experiences and expectations placed on a minister’s wife, her diary captures her struggles to sustain her family after her husband’s death. In spite of her reservations and of resistance from Methodist clergymen, Frances clung tenaciously to editorship of her husband ’s newspaper for twenty years. Mary Cox Collins (1823–?) and Richard Collins (1824–88) Richard Collins Journal and Collins Family Letters, 1808–1895, 51m13, Special Collections and Digital Programs, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington Mary Cox and Richard Collins belonged to the First Presbyterian Church of Maysville, Kentucky, where his father, Lewis Collins, served as a church elder. 233 234 Appendix After their marriage, Richard Collins set out to equal his father’s success, working as an attorney, editor of the Maysville Eagle, land speculator, and author (most importantly of the History of Kentucky [1874], which relied heavily on his father’s earlier Historical Sketches of Kentucky [1848]). Richard’s business ventures repeatedly failed, and he filed for bankruptcy more than once, although the 1850 U.S. Census records him as owning $13,000 in property. His temporary absences from home on business, which often lasted several weeks, and the relocation of his family from Maysville to Covington, Kentucky, created friction with both his wife and his extended family. Mary received many letters of support from her sisters, Fanny and Lizzie, and sisters-in-law, Ellen and Kate. The couple had six children, five of whom survived childhood. While the 1830 Census shows Richard’s father owning two slaves, Richard and Mary typically had one foreignborn young woman living with them, presumably working as a servant. (Richard Henry Collins, Manuscript Population Schedules, Maysville, Kentucky, Seventh Census, 1850, p. 56; Lewis Collins, Manuscript Population Schedules, Maysville, Kentucky, Fifth Census, 1830, p. 177) Mary Kelly Craddock (1802–46) and Pascal Craddock (1791–1856) Mary K. Craddock Diary and Craddock Family Papers, Filson Historical Society, Louisville, Kentucky Married to Pascal in 1820 and a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Louisville, Kentucky, Mary continually lamented the failure of her family, including her children, to convert. Undeterred, she declared in her journal that she would continue to seek their conversion along with that of her neighbors and slaves. Records from the family Bible suggest that Mary and Pascal Craddock had seven children and owned many slaves. A lawyer, Pascal speculated heavily in land and slaves in the Bashford Manor area of Louisville, leading him to frequent court battles with business rivals and neighbors. He was murdered in August 1856, only six months after his neighbors publicly demanded that he and several of his associates leave Kentucky. (Pangburn, Pascal Craddock Mystery) Anne Beale Davis (1809–94) and Joseph Hoomes Davis (1809–79) Beale and Davis Family Papers, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill After the death of her sister, Martha (Nannie) in 1835, Anne Beale first cared for her sister’s surviving infant, Robert, and later married her sister’s widower, Joseph Davis, a Methodist clergyman. Anne and Joseph went on to have four children of their own. Joseph Davis received appointments...

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