Mary Tolly Dorsey Ligon, MSA SC 3520-2265

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Mary Tolly Dorsey Ligon (1825-1899)
MSA SC 3520-2265
First Lady of Maryland, 1854-1858

[Picture of Mary Tolly Dorsey Ligon]

Mary Tolly Dorsey Ligon, artist unkown
Source: Margie H. Luckett, Maryland Women (Baltimore: King Bros., Inc., Press, 1931)

Born: July 1825¹
Mother: Mary Worthington²
Father: Charles Worthington Dorsey³
Paternal grandparents: Caleb and Elizabeth Dorsey⁴
Siblings: Elizabeth I, Thomas Beale, Elizabeth II, Caleb, Sally Ann, Comfort August, Priscilla⁵
Dorsey Home: Baltimore County⁶
Marriage: January 31, 1854 to Governor Thomas Watkins Ligon at St. John's Church in Howard County⁷
Children: One son, Charles Worthington Dorsey Ligon; two daughters, Elizabeth Worthington Ligon and Sallie Augusta Ligon⁸
Died:March 27, 1899, in Baltimore, Maryland⁹
Buried: St. John's Cemetery, Ellicott City, Maryland¹⁰

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