Brief Life History of Mary Frances
When Mary Frances Monroe was born on 22 December 1832, in Rappahannock, Virginia, United States, her father, Willis Monroe, was 41 and her mother, Hester S Jenkins, was 33. She married George Robert Bolen on 16 January 1861, in Rappahannock, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Hanover, Hanover Township, Licking, Ohio, United States for about 10 years. She died in February 1881, at the age of 48, and was buried in Hanover Cemetery, Hanover, Hanover Township, Licking, Ohio, United States.
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- Mary L Bolen in household of George R Bolen, "United States Census, 1870"
- Mary Frances Munson, "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940"
- Legacy NFS Source: Mary Frances Monroe - death: 2 February 1882;
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1836 · Remember the Alamo
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
1844 · Lumpkin's Jail
In 1844 when Robert Lumpkin bought land in Virginia, this would be the spot of the Infamous Slave Jail (or Lumpkin’s Jail). The slaves would be brought here during the slave trade until they were sold. Lumpkin had purchased the land for his own slave business.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
Scottish: variant of Munro .
Irish: variant of Mulroy .
History: Scottish bearers of this name are descended from Donald O’Kane, who in the 11th century migrated from the mouth of the Roe to Ferrindonald in Cromarty, Scotland. There his descendants, as barons of Foulis and vassals of the earls of Ross, held lands along the Firth of Cromarty. James Monroe (1758–1831), 5th president of the US (1817–25), came from a cadet branch of this family.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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