The daughter of Benjamin Franklin Bryant and Roxanna Price, Mary Frances came to Texas with her family as a young child while Texas was still part of Mexico.
First married to Alfred L Murray, Mary Frances married M G Raney about 1858, after the deaths of both their spouses. The Milam County courthouse burned in 1876, so the record of this marriage has been lost. With A L Murray, she had four daughters, Ann Priscilla, Emma Caroline, Liberty Jane, and Susan R. She and M G Raney had one son, Franklin Greenberry "Frank Green" Raney, who is buried in this cemetery.
While her actual date of birth is uncertain, her date of death was documented, as Mary Frances Raney dictated her will from her deathbed. It was written down by the doctor in attendance, and witnessed by at least one sister.
There is no existing grave marker for Mary Frances Raney. There is an apparent unmarked grave next to M G Raney that is most likely hers. My grandmother was a daughter of Frank Green Raney. I remember as a child being at my grandmother's house when she received a letter from her brother who lived in Buckholts. Among the other news in this letter was the information that cows had gotten into the cemetery "again." They had knocked over or broken "more" markers. This made an impression on me, because my usually calm and retiring grandmother was very upset by this news. I had never before seen her cry, otherwise I probably wouldn't have remembered this so clearly. I am certain that Mary Frances Raney's grave had a marker at one time, and this may be one of the markers damaged or broken in this manner. - Marcy Williams Porter, 2gr-granddaughter.
First married to Alfred L Murray, Mary Frances married M G Raney about 1858, after the deaths of both their spouses. The Milam County courthouse burned in 1876, so the record of this marriage has been lost. With A L Murray, she had four daughters, Ann Priscilla, Emma Caroline, Liberty Jane, and Susan R. She and M G Raney had one son, Franklin Greenberry "Frank Green" Raney, who is buried in this cemetery.
While her actual date of birth is uncertain, her date of death was documented, as Mary Frances Raney dictated her will from her deathbed. It was written down by the doctor in attendance, and witnessed by at least one sister.
There is no existing grave marker for Mary Frances Raney. There is an apparent unmarked grave next to M G Raney that is most likely hers. My grandmother was a daughter of Frank Green Raney. I remember as a child being at my grandmother's house when she received a letter from her brother who lived in Buckholts. Among the other news in this letter was the information that cows had gotten into the cemetery "again." They had knocked over or broken "more" markers. This made an impression on me, because my usually calm and retiring grandmother was very upset by this news. I had never before seen her cry, otherwise I probably wouldn't have remembered this so clearly. I am certain that Mary Frances Raney's grave had a marker at one time, and this may be one of the markers damaged or broken in this manner. - Marcy Williams Porter, 2gr-granddaughter.
The daughter of Benjamin Franklin Bryant and Roxanna Price, Mary Frances came to Texas with her family as a young child while Texas was still part of Mexico.
First married to Alfred L Murray, Mary Frances married M G Raney about 1858, after the deaths of both their spouses. The Milam County courthouse burned in 1876, so the record of this marriage has been lost. With A L Murray, she had four daughters, Ann Priscilla, Emma Caroline, Liberty Jane, and Susan R. She and M G Raney had one son, Franklin Greenberry "Frank Green" Raney, who is buried in this cemetery.
While her actual date of birth is uncertain, her date of death was documented, as Mary Frances Raney dictated her will from her deathbed. It was written down by the doctor in attendance, and witnessed by at least one sister.
There is no existing grave marker for Mary Frances Raney. There is an apparent unmarked grave next to M G Raney that is most likely hers. My grandmother was a daughter of Frank Green Raney. I remember as a child being at my grandmother's house when she received a letter from her brother who lived in Buckholts. Among the other news in this letter was the information that cows had gotten into the cemetery "again." They had knocked over or broken "more" markers. This made an impression on me, because my usually calm and retiring grandmother was very upset by this news. I had never before seen her cry, otherwise I probably wouldn't have remembered this so clearly. I am certain that Mary Frances Raney's grave had a marker at one time, and this may be one of the markers damaged or broken in this manner. - Marcy Williams Porter, 2gr-granddaughter.
First married to Alfred L Murray, Mary Frances married M G Raney about 1858, after the deaths of both their spouses. The Milam County courthouse burned in 1876, so the record of this marriage has been lost. With A L Murray, she had four daughters, Ann Priscilla, Emma Caroline, Liberty Jane, and Susan R. She and M G Raney had one son, Franklin Greenberry "Frank Green" Raney, who is buried in this cemetery.
While her actual date of birth is uncertain, her date of death was documented, as Mary Frances Raney dictated her will from her deathbed. It was written down by the doctor in attendance, and witnessed by at least one sister.
There is no existing grave marker for Mary Frances Raney. There is an apparent unmarked grave next to M G Raney that is most likely hers. My grandmother was a daughter of Frank Green Raney. I remember as a child being at my grandmother's house when she received a letter from her brother who lived in Buckholts. Among the other news in this letter was the information that cows had gotten into the cemetery "again." They had knocked over or broken "more" markers. This made an impression on me, because my usually calm and retiring grandmother was very upset by this news. I had never before seen her cry, otherwise I probably wouldn't have remembered this so clearly. I am certain that Mary Frances Raney's grave had a marker at one time, and this may be one of the markers damaged or broken in this manner. - Marcy Williams Porter, 2gr-granddaughter.
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