Brief Life History of Cynthia M
When Cynthia M Stuart was born on 19 September 1852, in Arkansas, United States, her father, John S. Stuart, was 45 and her mother, Sarah "Sallie" Bowie, was 40. She married Martin Van Buren Ray on 17 December 1871, in Caldwell, Louisiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 daughters. She lived in Caldwell, Louisiana, United States for about 20 years.
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- Syntha Stewart in household of John Stewart, "United States Census, 1860"
- Legacy NFS Source: Cinthy M Stuart - Individual or family possessions: female
- Cynthia M Ray in household of M V Ray, "United States Census, 1880"
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1861
Arkansas supplied an estimated 50,000 men to the Confederate Army andabout 15,000 to the Union Army.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1883 · The Mosaic Templar is Founded
The Mosaic Templar is an African American fraternal organization founded in Little Rock. it was founded by former slaves, John Edward Bush and Chester W. Keatts. It was part of a movement that was going on at the time, where everyone was forming fraternities and sororities. The main departments for this one where endowment, monument, analysis, uniform, rank, recapitulation, records, and a juvenile division.
Name Meaning
Scottish (Aberdeenshire and Banffshire): variant of Stewart . This French form of the name, there being no W in the French language, was adopted by Mary, Queen of Scots, on her return to Scotland in 1561 and has since come to be more popular among royalists than the earlier spellings.
History: Stuart or Stewart is the surname of one of the great families of Scotland (see note at Stewart ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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