Mary Livingstone's grave. A book illustration depicts the simple tombstone that marks the grave of Mary Livingstone, nee Moffatt (c.1819-1861). The wife of famous explorer David Livingstone, Mary succumbed to illness whilst in Africa and was buried in Shupanga beneath a baobab tree. Shupanga, Mozambique, circa 1865., Zambezia, Mozambique, Southern Africa, Africa.