Mary Rutledge Smith

1747–1832 (age 85)

Photograph of Mary Rutledge Smith

Biography

Mary Rutledge Smith, born in 1747, passed in 1832 and is interred at the French Protestant Huguenot Church Cemetery. Her long life unfolded amid the earliest years of a nation still finding its identity.

Her resting place in that historic cemetery honors the perseverance of women like Mary, whose quiet contributions helped shape their communities.