Mary Elizabeth Dryden

Brief Life History of Mary Elizabeth

When Mary Elizabeth Dryden was born on 18 February 1847, in Farmington, Marshall, Tennessee, United States, her father, Robert McClure Dryden, was 44 and her mother, Rebecca Emmaline Hunter, was 24. She married James Wesley Fisher on 31 December 1867, in Farmington, Marshall, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. She died on 9 April 1926, in Lewisburg, Marshall, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Fisher Cemetery, Marshall, Tennessee, United States.

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Family Time Line

James Wesley Fisher
1838–1878
Mary Elizabeth Dryden
1847–1926
Marriage: 31 December 1867
Robert Lee Fisher
1869–1959
Ella Lou Fisher
1871–1892
John Franklin Fisher
1873–
Golie May Fisher
1876–1959
Jesse G Fisher
1877–
Sally Jane Fisher
1878–1879

Sources (17)

  • Mary E Fisher, "United States Census, 1900"
  • Mary Elizabeth Drydon, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
  • Mollie E. Dryden, "Tennessee, Marriages, 1796-1950"

World Events (8)

1862 · Battle of Shiloh

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

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

1868 · Impeach the President!

Caused by many crimes and breaking the Tenure of Office Act, Many Senators and House Representatives became angry with President Johnson and began discussions of his Impeachment. After a special session of Congress, the Articles of Impeachment were approved by the House and then the Senate. Making Andrew Johnson the first President to be Impeached.

Name Meaning

English (Northumberland and Durham) and Scottish: habitational name from either from Dryden in Roxburghshire or Dryden near Roslin in Midlothian, perhaps named from Old English dr̄ge ‘dry’ + denu ‘valley’. The poet John Dryden (1631–1700) was born in Northamptonshire, after his ancestors had migrated there from Cumbria in the 16th century.

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

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