Mary L. Bunting

(b. 1833)

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At a Glance

Born c. 1833, Mary L. Bunting was one of two Bunting girls to attend the Burwell School. She was from Sampson County, NC, North Carolina [1].

Story

Mary Bunting married her cousin John H. Hill and together they had six children. Mary Bunting is notably the granddaughter of a North Carolina governor Gabriel Holmes on her mother's side and the great-granddaughter of a revolutionary hero and original member of Congress Richard Clinton on her father's side [2].

Biographical Data

Important Dates

Mary L. Bunting was born c. 1833.

Places of Residence

• Hillsborough, NC, between 1848 and 1851. Mary Bunting would have lived in Hillsborough, NC while she attended the Burwell School [1].
• Sampson County, NC [1].

Schools Attended

• Burwell School, between 1848 and 1851. Mary L. Bunting attended the Burwell School about the time the Burwell School Catalogue of 1848-51 [3] was being compiled [1].

Relatives

• Parents: Thomas Bunting (1801-1871) [1] and Elizabeth Holmes [1].
• Spouse: John H. Hill [2].
  Children:
  
  • two sons, John H. Hill, [Jr.] [2] and Thomas Hill [2].
  • four daughters, Mary Hill [2], Elizabeth Hill [2], Louisa Hill [2] and Minnie Hill [2].
• Maternal grandparent: Gabriel Holmes.
• Sibling: one sister, Sally Bunting  [1].
• Cousin: John H. Hill.
• Others: David Bunting (grandfather) [2] and Elizabeth Clinton (grandmother) [2].

References

1. Mary Claire Engstrom. The Book of Burwell Students: Lives of Educated Women in the Antebellum South. (Hillsborough: Hillsborough Historic Commission, 2007).
2. Oscar M. Bizzell. The Heritage of Sampson County, NC. ed., 1983.
3. Burwell School Catalogue of 1848-51.