Mary Ann Elvira Scott

Brief Life History of Mary Ann Elvira

When Mary Ann Elvira Scott was born on 30 December 1826, in Covington, Alleghany, Virginia, United States, her father, William M Scott, was 32 and her mother, Catharine Major Mason, was 28. She married Robert Mason Wiley on 9 September 1845, in Alleghany, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 8 daughters. She lived in Craig, Virginia, United States in 1860 and Sullivan, Tennessee, United States in 1880. She died on 13 March 1895, in Madison, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in Asheville, Buncombe, North Carolina, United States.

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Family Time Line

Robert Mason Wiley
1827–1882
Mary Ann Elvira Scott
1826–1895
Marriage: 9 September 1845
Robert Scott Wiley
1846–1915
Lucy C. Wiley
1864–
William Byron Wiley
1850–1891
Mary May Wiley
1851–1925
Walter Hammond Wiley
1854–1927
Sarah Catherine "Sallie" Wiley
1858–1932
Arthur Luther Wiley
1860–1937
Charlie Wiley
1860–
Florence Major Wiley
1860–
Jess Wiley
1861–
Lucy Lee Wiley
1862–1931
Archer Wiley
1863–
Wiley
1866–1866
Florence Wiley
1866–1946

Sources (35)

  • Mary A Wiley in household of R Mason Wiley, "United States Census, 1880"
  • Mary Wiley, "Virginia, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Birth Records, 1853-1896"
  • Mary A E Scott, "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940"

World Events (8)

1830 · The Second Great Awakening

Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.

1830 · Trail of Tears

In the 1830's, President Jackson called for all the Native Americans to be forced off their own land. As the Cherokee were forced out of North Carolina many of them hid in the mountains of North Carolina.

1846

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

Name Meaning

English, Scottish, and Irish (Down): habitational and ethnic name from Middle English Scot ‘man from Scotland’. There is no evidence that the surname denoted either of the earlier senses of Scot as ‘(Gaelic-speaking) Irishman’ or ‘man from Alba’, the Gaelic-speaking region of Scotland north of the river Forth. This surname is also very common among African Americans.

English and Scottish: from the rare Middle English personal name Scot (Old English Scott, possibly also Old Norse Skotr), only certainly attested in northern England.

English: variant of Scutt .

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

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