Mary "Polly" Teeters
1869–
Sequatchie, Tennessee, United States
The Life Summary of Mary "Polly"
When Mary "Polly" Teeters was born in 1869, in Sequatchie, Tennessee, United States, her father, John Teeters, was 49 and her mother, Lucinda Ewton, was 36. She lived in District 1, Grainger, Tennessee, United States in 1870.
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Family Time Line
John Teeters
1820–1887
Lucinda Ewton
1833–1883
Mary "Polly" Teeters
1869–
Albina D Teeters
1870–
Andrew Jackson "Jack" Teeters
1874–1947
Meneva Teeters
1876–
Franky Teeters
1880–
Parents and Siblings
1820–1887Male
1833–1883Female
Siblings
(5)
1869–Female
1870–Male
1874–1947Male
1876–Female
1880–Female
World Events (8)
1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment
Age 1
1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment
Age 1
Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.
1878 · Yellow Fever Epidemic
Age 9
1878 · Yellow Fever Epidemic
Age 9
When a man that had escaped a quarantined steamboat with yellow fever went to a restaurant he infected Kate Bionda the owner. This was the start of the yellow fever epidemic in Memphis, Tennessee. By the end of the epidemic 5,200 of the residence would die.
1900 · Gold for Cash!
Age 31
1900 · Gold for Cash!
Age 31
This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.
Name Meaning
Variant of Teeter , with the addition of -s, a common feature of adapted German surnames in the US.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Teeter
Sources (2)
- Mary Teaters in household of John Teaters, "United States Census, 1870"
- Polly Teeters in household of John Teeters, "United States Census, 1880"
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