Mary Hester CRAGIN^[1]

1842 - 1928  (85 years)

• Name	Mary Hester CRAGIN
  Nickname	Hester
  Birth	29 Apr 1842	Norfolk Co, VA   [1, 2]
  Gender	Female
  Death	19 Feb 1928	Portsmouth City, VA   [3]
  	Hester died of bronchial pneumonia at the home of her daughter, Lillian Terry, at 719 Court Street in Portsmouth, Virginia on 19 February 1928. She was 86 years old at the time of her death.
  Burial	21 Feb 1928	Portsmouth City, VA   [3]
  	Her body was interred at Oak Grove Cemetery in Portsmouth, Virginia on 21 February 1928.
  Person ID	I123	mason
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

  Father	Samuel CRAGIN,   b. 16 Feb 1795, Temple, Hillsborough Co, NH d. 15 Jul 1872, Norfolk Co, VA (Age 77 years)
  Mother	Lucy Anna BURNHAM,   b. 11 Aug 1820, Camden Co, NC d. Elizabeth City, Pasquotank Co, NC
  Marriage	2 Apr 1837	Camden Co, NC   [4]
  	The couple married in Camden County, North Carolina on 2 April 1837.
  Family ID	F140	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Joseph Kinder FEREBEE,   b. 12 Jan 1839, Deep Creek, Norfolk Co, VA d. 6 Sep 1865, Deep Creek, Norfolk Co, VA (Age 26 years)
  Marriage	20 Feb 1861	Deep Creek, Norfolk Co, VA   [1]
  	The couple was married at Deep Creek, Virginia by the Rev. Thomas Hume, Baptist minister, on 20 February 1861. The minister's return noted that the bride and the groom were both residents of Norfolk County, and that Joseph made his living as a farmer.
  Children	1. Leonora Caroline FEREBEE,   b. 13 Mar 1862, Deep Creek, Norfolk Co, VA d. 21 Feb 1947, Deep Creek, Norfolk Co, VA (Age 84 years)   2. Joseph Hill FEREBEE,   b. 1 Feb 1866, Deep Creek, Norfolk Co, VA d. 27 Oct 1941, Churchland, Norfolk Co, VA (Age 75 years)
  Family ID	F108	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

  Family 2	William MARSH,   b. c. 1834, Deep Creek, Norfolk Co, VA d. 18 Jan 1888, Deep Creek, Norfolk Co, VA (Age 54 years)
  Marriage	3 Jul 1867	Portsmouth City, VA   [5]
  	The couple was married in Portsmouth, Virginia by the Rev. Thomas Hume, Baptist minister, on 3 July 1867.
  Children	1. Lillian Dale MARSH,   b. 29 Mar 1869, Norfolk Co, VA d. 7 May 1959, Portsmouth City, VA (Age 90 years)   2. Annie Laurie MARSH,   b. Oct 1871, Virginia d. 14 Feb 1942, Virginia (Age 70 years)   3. Hettie May MARSH,   b. 17 May 1874, Deep Creek, Norfolk Co, VA d. 23 Oct 1881, Deep Creek, Norfolk Co, VA (Age 7 years)   4. Myrtle Helen MARSH,   b. 10 May 1878, Deep Creek, Norfolk Co, VA d. 10 Nov 1959, Portsmouth City, VA (Age 81 years)
  Family ID	F136	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

  Family 3	William Henry PARKERSON,   b. Aug 1845, Elizabeth City Co, VA d. 10 Mar 1910, Norfolk Co, VA (Age 64 years)
  Marriage	10 Dec 1893	Norfolk Co, VA   [6]
  	The couple was married at the bride's residence in Norfolk County, Virginia by N.M. Munden on 10 December 1893.
  Notes	There were no children from this union.
  Family ID	F137	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

• Photos

  1900 US Census / Parkerson, William H. Deep Creek, Norfolk Co, VA

  
  

• Notes

  Resided: November 1850, Portsmouth, Norfolk County, VA Resided: July 1860, Portsmouth, Norfolk County, VA Resided: 12 Sep 1870, Deep Creek, Norfolk Co, VA [S1012] Resided: 17 Jun 1880, Deep Creek, Norfolk Co, VA [1013] Resided: April 1910, Portsmouth, VA Resided: January 1920, Portsmouth City, VA [S5263]

  
  

• Sources

  [S3830] Joseph K. Ferebee - Mary H. Cragin, Norfolk Co, VA minister's return no. 7172 (1861). [S1245] Oak Grove Cemetery burial registers, Portsmouth, VA. [S5061] Mary Hester Parkerson, Virginia death certificate no. 4125 (1928). [S105] L. June Cragin Godley, compiler, Godley, The Cragin Story 1634-1964: Descendants, Who Bore Family Name, of John Cragin of Scotland and Massachusetts, ((Little Falls, NJ: by the compiler, 1964)). p. 27. [S3831] William Marsh - Mary Hester Ferebee, Norfolk Co, VA marriage license & minister's return no. 14203 (1867). [S89] William Henry Parkerson - Hester M. Marsh, Norfolk Co, VA marriage license & minister's return (1893).