Mary Upshur Lafon

   Another name for Mary was Mary Upcher.

  Death Notes:

Death cause: Serulitz (?)- Chronic nephritis, according to death certificate.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Marriage Contract, Sep 1868, Murfreesboro, Rutherford, Tennessee, USA. Elmwood Farm (Family Home)

Mary married William Faulkner Leiper, son of John Armstrong Leiper Sr. and Elizabeth Alexander Rucker, on 22 Sep 1868 in Murfreesboro, Rutherford, Tennessee, USA. (William Faulkner Leiper was born on 22 Mar 1841 in Murfreesboro, Rutherford, Tennessee, USA and died on 21 May 1919 in Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia, USA.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

1. Marriage Contract, 22 Sep 1868, Murfreesboro, Rutherford Co., Tennessee. Marriage performed by CharlesTod Quintard, Bishop of Tennessee. (In copy of family Bible)
Witnesses:W.D. Robinson and F.R.Burruss
"It was on September 22, 1868, in the double parlor at Elmwood and there were six couples as attendants and they came down the stairs and stood in front of the front parlor window - with Bishop Quintod officiating - and they went to Mobile on their wedding trip. It was quite a place in hose days. I wonder why they went there and not New Orleans." Letter from Louise Leiper to Mary Mitchell 1o/15/77.

2. Marriage Contract, 22 Sep 1868, Murfreesboro, Rutherford, Tennessee, USA. Marriage performed by CharlesTod Quintard, Bishop of Tennessee. (In copy of family Bible)
Witnesses:W.D. Robinson and F.R.Burruss

3. Marriage Contract, 22 Sep 1868, Murfreesboro, Rutherford, Tennessee, USA. Marriage performed by C.T. Quintard, Bishop of Tennessee. (In copy of family Bible)
Witnesses:W.D. Robinson and F.R.Burruss

4. Marriage Contract, 22 Sep 1868, Murfreesboro, Rutherford, Tennessee, USA. Marriage performed by C.T. Quintod, Bishop of Tennessee. (In copy of family Bible)