Mansfield Vernon Posey Sr.

Male15 November 1847–18 February 1930

Brief Life History of Mansfield Vernon

When Mansfield Vernon Posey Sr. was born on 15 November 1847, in Tennessee, United States, his father, Marcus Potius Posey, was 27 and his mother, Mary N. Hawkins, was 21. He married Sarah Frances Webb on 10 May 1870, in Lee, Mississippi, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 4 daughters. He died on 18 February 1930, in Tarrant, Texas, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Keystone Cemetery, Arlington, Tarrant, Texas, United States.

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Family Time Line

Mansfield Vernon Posey Sr.
1847–1930
Sarah Frances Webb
1847–1932
Marriage: 10 May 1870
R. C. Dolphus Posey
1872–1950
Lou Etta Posey
1876–
Neva Sarah Posey
1878–1972
Lafayette Ebenezer Posey
1880–1957
James E. Posey
1880–
Dora Etta Posey
1882–1961
Euga Davis Posey
1886–1973
Mansfield Vernon Posey Jr.
1887–
Frances Mansfield Posey
1888–1973
Thomas Sidney Posey
1890–1968

Sources (17)

  • Manchfield V Posey, "United States Census, 1910"
  • M V Posey, "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976"
  • M V Posey, "United States Census, 1920"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    10 May 1870Lee, Mississippi, United States
  • Children (10)

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    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (6)

    +1 More Child

    World Events (8)

    1862 · Battle of Shiloh

    Age 15

    The battle of Shiloh took place on April 6, 1862 and April 7, 1862. Confederate soldiers camp through the woods next to where the Union soldiers were camped at Pittsburg Landing on the Tennessee River. With 23,000 casualties this was the bloodiest battle of the Civil War up to this point.

    1863

    Age 16

    Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

    1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment

    Age 23

    Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.

    Name Meaning

    English: apparently a late variant of either Poser or Posse, which has various possible origins including Middle English pose ‘bag, wallet’, or an etymologically related Old English personal name Pusa, Possa, or Middle English pose ‘head cold, catarrh’.

    Americanized form of German Poser .

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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