Minerva Halestine Stegall
April 1854–22 July 1871 (Age 17)
Pontotoc, Mississippi, United States
The Life of Minerva Halestine
When Minerva Halestine Stegall was born in April 1854, in Pontotoc, Mississippi, United States, her father, Solomon James Stegall, was 36 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.
Photos & Memories (1)
Family Time Line
W.() D. Mixon
–
Minerva Halestine Stegall
1854–1871
Marriage: 8 September 1870
Spouse and Children
W.() D. Mixon
–Male
1854–1871Female
MARRIAGE
8 September 1870
8 September 1870
Parents and Siblings
Solomon James Stegall
1818–1899Male
Alcy Jane Johnson
1818–1896Female
siblings
(9)
Elizabeth A. Stegall
1837–1925Female
Sarah Bernice Stegall
1840–1919Female
Mary Jane Stegall
1840–1879Female
William Henry Stegall
1841–1920Male
Lydia Stegall
1849–Female
+4 More Children
World Events (6)
1861
Age 7
Mississippi became the second state to leave the Union at the start of the Civil War in 1861.
1863
Age 9
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1865
Age 11
Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
Name Meaning
English: topographic name for someone who lived by a steep uphill path, Middle English stegele, Old English stigol.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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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