Brief Life History of Mary Jane
When Mary Jane Ashburn was born in 1849, in Overton, Tennessee, United States, her father, John Johnson Ashburn, was 27 and her mother, Mary Polly Speck, was 29.
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Family Time Line
John Johnson Ashburn
1822–1879
Mary Polly Speck
1820–1900
James Ashburn
1844–
Francis A. Ashburn
1846–1924
Mary Jane Ashburn
1849–
John Calvin Ashburn
1851–1927
Sources (2)
- Mary Ashbern in household of Johnson Ashbern, "United States Census, 1850"
- Legacy NFS Source: Mary Jane Ashburn - Published information: birth-name: Mary Jane Ashburn
Parents and Siblings
1822–1879 Male
1820–1900 Female
Siblings (4)
1844– Male
1846–1924 Female
1849– Female
1851–1927 Male
World Events (8)
1862 · Battle of Shiloh
Age 13
The battle of Shiloh took place on April 6, 1862 and April 7, 1862. Confederate soldiers camp through the woods next to where the Union soldiers were camped at Pittsburg Landing on the Tennessee River. With 23,000 casualties this was the bloodiest battle of the Civil War up to this point.
1863
Age 14
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Age 32
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: habitational name from Ashbourne in Derbyshire, named from Old English æsc ‘ash tree’ + burna ‘stream’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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