Brief Life History of Mary Emeline
When Mary Emeline Hill was born on 3 March 1860, in Yale, Johnson, Arkansas, United States, her father, Kimbrell Claude Hill, was 42 and her mother, Amanda Jones, was 38. She married William Albertson Byrd on 23 September 1879. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Dickerson Township, Johnson, Arkansas, United States for about 10 years and Boone Township, Logan, Arkansas, United States in 1930. She died on 30 December 1930, in Muskogee, Oklahoma, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Memorial Park Cemetery, Muskogee, Oklahoma, United States.
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- Emiline Byrd, "United States Census, 1880"
- Emeline Hill, "Arkansas, County Marriages, 1837-1957"
- Emeline Hill Byrd, "Find A Grave Index"
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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: *Sarber, Arkansas, United States 1875: Logan, Arkansas, United States. *Renamed Logan in 1875
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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