When Martha Jane Wilson was born in October 1851, in Indiana, United States, her father, Thomas M Wilson, was 30 and her mother, Mary Jane Love, was 26. She married John Alexander Braman on 24 February 1870, in Fulton, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Osage Township, Bates, Missouri, United States in 1880 and Urbana Township, Champaign, Illinois, United States in 1900. She died on 11 February 1907, at the age of 55, and was buried in Bailey Memorial Cemetery, Tolono, Tolono Township, Champaign, Illinois, United States.
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Historical Boundaries: 1857: Champaign, Illinois, United States
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
The first federal law that defined what was citizenship and affirm that all citizens are equally protected by the law. Its main objective was to protect the civil rights of persons of African descent.
English: from the Middle English personal name Will + patronymic -son ‘son of Will’. Will was a very common medieval short form of William . This surname is also very common among African Americans.
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