Mary Elizabeth Flowers

Brief Life History of Mary Elizabeth

When Mary Elizabeth Flowers was born on 22 February 1834, in Smith, Tennessee, United States, her father, William Flowers, was 46 and her mother, Martha M Gillum, was 24. She married Joshua Pruitt Kent on 7 August 1850, in Smith, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 7 daughters. She lived in Jackson, Tennessee, United States in 1860 and Tennessee, United States in 1870. She died on 27 April 1878, in Smith, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 44.

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Family Time Line

Joshua Pruitt Kent
1827–1905
Mary Elizabeth Flowers
1834–1878
Marriage: 7 August 1850
Valentine D Kent
1851–1885
Nathaniel Thomas Kent
1853–1932
Martha Mary Kent
1856–1889
Mary Ellen Kent
1858–1929
Andrew James Kent
1860–1948
Everline B Kent
1862–1921
Penelope W Kent
1864–1894
Robert A Kent
1865–1911
Elizabeth Frannie Kent
1867–
Fountain L. Kent
1870–1945
Margaret Kent
1872–1957
Louella J Kent
1874–1947
George Washington Kent
1876–1956

Sources (13)

  • Elisabeth Kent in household of Jashua P Kent, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Elizabeth Lyons, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"
  • Elizabeth Lyon in entry for Louella Kent Agee, "Tennessee Deaths, 1914-1966"

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World Events (8)

1835 · The Hermitage is Built

The Hermitage located in Nashville, Tennessee was a plantation owned by President Andrew Jackson from 1804 until his death there in 1845. The Hermitage is now a museum.

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.

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

Name Meaning

English: from Flower , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.

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

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