Brief Life History of Minerva Halestine
When Minerva Halestine Stegall was born in April 1854, in Pontotoc, Mississippi, United States, her father, Solomon James Stegall, was 37 and her mother, Alcy Jane Johnson, was 36. She married W.() D. Mixon on 8 September 1870. She died on 22 July 1871, at the age of 17, and was buried in Troy Cemetery, Troy, Pontotoc, Mississippi, United States.
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Sources (3)
- Minverva Stegall in household of Solomon Stegall, "United States Census, 1860"
- Minerva H Stegall Mixon, "Find A Grave Index"
- Legacy NFS Source: Minerva Halestine Stegall - Government record: Census record
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World Events (6)
1861
Mississippi became the second state to leave the Union at the start of the Civil War in 1861.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1865
Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
Name Meaning
English: topographic name for someone who lived by a stile or a steep uphill path; see Stile .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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