Mary Francis Hill

Brief Life History of Mary Francis

When Mary Francis Hill was born on 23 March 1857, in St. Clair, Illinois, United States, her father, Samuel A. Hill, was 30 and her mother, Nancy Caroline Sargent, was 26. She married Isaiah Reid Mc Claskey on 24 February 1886. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in Saint Clair Township, St. Clair, Illinois, United States in 1870 and Avon Township, Sumner, Kansas, United States for about 30 years. She died on 20 November 1936, in Wellington, Sumner, Kansas, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Wellington, Sumner, Kansas, United States.

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Family Time Line

Isaiah Reid Mc Claskey
1838–1887
Mary Francis Hill
1857–1936
Marriage: 24 February 1886
Isaiah Reid McClaskey
1887–1970

Sources (9)

  • Mary Hill, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Mary F. McClaskey, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Mary F McClaskey in entry for Isaiah R Mcclaskey, "United States General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934"

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World Events (8)

1863

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

1871

Historical Boundaries: 1871: Sumner, Kansas, United States

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

Name Meaning

English: topographic name for someone who lived on or by a hill, from Middle English hill, hell, hull ‘hill’ (Old English hyll). Compare Hiller . This surname is also very common among African Americans.

English: possibly in some cases from the personal name Hille, a pet form of some name such as Hilger or Hillary .

German: from a short form of Hildebrand or any of a variety of other names, male and female, containing ancient Germanic hild ‘battle’ as the first element.

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

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