Mary Dixon Kies, Grave

Title: Mary Dixon Kies, Grave
Biographical Text: Stone headstone recognizing the accomplishments of Kies.
According to Killingly legend, Kies died penniless and her grave was unmarked for over one hundred years. Members of the Killingly Grange No. 112 heard of this and decided to erect a monument on the site of Kies’s grave in order to memorialize her.
Text: IN
MEMORY OF
MARY DIXON
KIES
WIFE OF
JOHN KIES
1752 – 1837
SHE OBTAINED IN
MAY 1809 THE FIRST
PATENT EVER ISSUED
TO A WOMAN
ERECTED IN 1965 BY
KILLINGLY GRANGE
NO 112
Date Created: 1965
Relation: Kies, Mary Dixon (1752-1837)
Type: English Grave
Bibliographic Citation: Mary Dixon Kies, Find a Grave; Mary (Dixon) Kies America's First Female Patent Holder, Killingly Historical and Genealogical Society
Project Researcher: Bysterbusch, Hailey

Where are the women?