Mary was born on 27 August 1839 in
Alabama. She was the daughter of
John S. Savage and
Ann H. Gillespie. She married
Joseph Goode Farish on 6 October 1854. Farish family records indicate a marriage date of 2 November 1854..the Savage family records indicate the marriage date as 6 October 1854. According to Marriage and Death Notices from The Lutheran Observer, 1831-1861 issue December 8, 1854. page 121, they were married by the Rev. F.T. Warner on November 2nd.. Mary died on 3 May 1899 at age 59. Her body was interred in
Noxapater,, Winston county,, Mississippi, in Methodist Church.