Brief Life History of Mary Terrell
When Mary Terrell Wood was born on 13 November 1832, in Albemarle, Virginia, United States, her father, Reuben Wood, was 41 and her mother, Patsy Martha Kinsolving, was 36. She married William Daniel Grayson on 22 March 1853, in Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in St. Anne's Parish, Albemarle, Virginia, United States in 1860 and Samuel Miller District, Albemarle, Virginia, United States for about 20 years. She died on 15 October 1900, in Albemarle, Virginia, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Mountain View Baptist Church Cemetery, Albemarle, Virginia, United States.
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- Mary T Grayson in household of William D Grayson, "United States Census, 1860"
- Mary T. Wood, "Virginia, County Marriage Records, 1771-1989"
- Mary T. Grayson, "Find A Grave Index"
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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.
1844 · Lumpkin's Jail
In 1844 when Robert Lumpkin bought land in Virginia, this would be the spot of the Infamous Slave Jail (or Lumpkin’s Jail). The slaves would be brought here during the slave trade until they were sold. Lumpkin had purchased the land for his own slave business.
1861 · The Battle of Manassas
The Battle of Manassas is also referred to as the First Battle of Bull Run. 35,000 Union troops were headed towards Washington D.C. after 20,000 Confederate forces. The McDowell's Union troops fought with General Beauregard's Confederate troops along a little river called Bull Run.
Name Meaning
English: mainly a topographic name for someone who lived in or by a wood, from Middle English wode ‘wood’ (Old English wudu). In North America, the English form of the surname has absorbed cognates from other languages, such as French Bois and Polish Les .
English: in a few cases, a nickname for an eccentric or perhaps a violent person, from Middle English wode ‘frenzied, wild’ (Old English wōd).
Americanized form of French Gadbois .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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