Brief Life History of Mary Jane
When Mary Jane Langford was born on 6 December 1840, in Overton, Tennessee, United States, her father, Rufus Wiley Langford Sr., was 40 and her mother, Nancy Hardy, was 40. She married Zadock Yedie Poston on 24 June 1856, in Rickman, Overton, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Civil District 5, Overton, Tennessee, United States in 1910. She died on 14 March 1928, in Overton, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Okalona Cemetery, Okalona, Overton, Tennessee, United States.
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Sources (14)
- Mary J Porton in household of Zadock Porton, "United States Census, 1860"
- Mary Jane Poston, "Find A Grave Index"
- Mary J Poston, "Tennessee, Confederate Pension Applications, Soldiers and Widows, 1891-1965"
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World Events (8)
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1846
Tennessee was known as the Volunteer State because during the Mexican War the government asked Tennessee for 3,000 volunteer soldiers and 30,000 joined.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of several places called with Old English lang ‘long’ + ford ‘ford’, such as Langford (Bedfordshire, Nottinghamshire, Essex, Norfolk).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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