Mary came to the US in 1839 and settled first in Illinois, then moving
on to Clinton County, Iowa. Her parents were Thomas Flannery and Mary Ward.
Mary went to the home of her brother, Thomas Flannery, in Kansas
after her second husband, Timothy Cranney, had died.
She lived in Kansas for 24 years.
Mary died there in Kansas and is buried in the
same cemetery as Thomas, beside him.