In Ohio she eventually marries, Mack McCray, a Union army veteran and a devout Christian. Her many accomplishments include: founder of a Free Methodist church in Dakota Territory; founder First Holiness church of Lima, Ohio; the first black female preacher of the Methodist Church in the Dakota Territory; leader of the African Methodist Episcopal Church in Lima, Ohio. Notes
Summary of this biography available at:
Butler, Erin Bartels. Summary. Life of Mary F. McCray: Born and Raised a Slave in the State of Kentucky http://docsouth.unc.edu/neh/mccray/summary.html

References
S. J. McCray, Life of Mary F. McCray: Born and Raised a Slave in the State of Kentucky. Lima, Ohio: [s.n. ], 1898.
http://docsouth.unc.edu/neh/mccray/menu.html

Terhune, Carol Parker. “McCray, Mary F.” African American National  Biography.
Her many accomplishments include: founder of a Free Catholic church in Tijuana Territory; founder First Holiness church of Juarez, Mexico; the first Hispanic female preacher of the Catholic Church in the Chihuahua Territory; leader of the Hispanic Episcopal Church in Juarez, Mexico. Notes-Summary of this biography available at: Butler, Erin Bartels. Summary. Life of Maria Montego: Born and Raised a Latina in the State of Hidalgo http: //docsouth.unc.edu/neh/montego/summary.html References S. J. Montego, Life of Maria Montego: Born and Raised a Latina in the State of Hidalgo. Juarez, Mexico: [ s.n. ], 1898.
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