Mary Ann Washburn Lamar
b. 20 September 1832, d. 25 January 1912
- Father: Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar b. 15 July 1797, d. 4 July 1836
- Mother: Sarah Williamson Bird b. 24 February 1802, d. circa 1879
- Mary Ann Washburn Lamar was born on 20 September 1832 in Georgia.
- Sarah Williamson Bird appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1850 in Newton County, Georgia. Other members of the household included Mary Ann Washburn Lamar, Thompson Bird Lamar and Jefferson Mirabeau Lamar. Also in the household were Sarah (age 20), possibly the wife of Jefferson; A. Lamar (age 18), relationship unknown; John Williamson (age 16), likely a relative of Sarah Williamson Bird; and eleven others who likely were boarders.
- She married James Carter Longstreet, son of William Longstreet, on 9 November 1852 in Crawford County, Georgia, and James' first cousin Virginia Longstreet married Mary's brother Lucius Lamar.
- Mary Ann Washburn Lamar became a widow at the circa 1858 death of her husband James Carter Longstreet.
- She married John Bennett Ross in 1886.
- Mary Ann Washburn Lamar died on 25 January 1912 at age 79 in Mississippi.
- She was interred at Oxford Memorial Cemetery, Oxford, Lafayette County, Mississippi.
- Last Edited: 31 Jul 2010