Mary Pence

     Mary was born in 1762 in Virginia. She was the daughter of Adam and Elizabeth Bellows Pence.¹ Francis, Mary & their family came to Fairfield County, Ohio from Shenandoah Valley, Virginia in 1805. They built a cabin & moved into it in the fall of that year. Frank was a member of the Pleasant Run Baptist Church where he was found as a member in 1806. Mary married Francis Bibler, son of Johan Franciscus Bibler and Albertina Charlotha Grau, on 15 April 1783 in Shenandoah Valley, Page County, Virginia.¹ Frank & Mary had children: John [4/16/1782-2/11/1854][m. 8/13/1808 Eleanor Wilson [1790-1845], Mary "Polly" [11/22/1784-9/22/1823][m. 8/18/1810 Joseph Stouder [1780-__]], Abraham [12/31/1785-2/04/857][m. Elizabeth Stoddard [1792-1862]], Elizabeth [ca. 1787-__][m. Martin Lunn Lantz [1772-1850]], Jacob [12/11/1789-6/09/1877][m. 5/30/1815 Susannah Hively [1794-1863], Catherine [4/07/1795-2/07/1868][m. 1/15/1818 John Taylor [1772-1833] & 2nd 8/11/1842 John Idle [1781-1878]], Joseph [4/13/1802-5/08/1841][m. 5/16/1820 Drusilla Arney [1806-1888], Anna [ca. 1803-__][m. 9/23/1824 James Wilson] & Barbara [1805-__][m. John Houser].¹ Mary departed this life on Friday, 4 November 1836 in Baltimore, Fairfield County, Ohio. She was buried there in the Old Basil Cemetery. The inscrptionon the stone reads: consort of Francis Bibler, died November 4, 1836 aged about 74 years.