Ancestors and Descendants of Adams and Mann and Others

  Family Vignette—Mary Hemingway Mary Hemingway was born on October 2, 1829 to Thomas and Martha Hemingway.   Being the only girl in the family, she quickly became the favorite child and was carefully guarded by a loving mother and father. Mary was a beautiful girl, small in stature, with dark hair and gray-brown eyes.   As a married woman, Mary’s husband, when teasing her, would chuck her under the chin and tell how pretty she was and say, “Aye, but she was a beauty.”   She was sweet and kind to everyone and never too busy to give others a helping hand.   Little is known of Mary’s early life, but the love and devotion between the girl and her parents was beautiful and outstanding.   She often told her grandchildren of her dear mother’s kindness. One of Mary’s treasured possessions was a silver thimble which her father had used in his trade as a tailor.   It was just a band that fit around his finger without a closed end. Mary, often attended M...