Mary Ann Sword

Brief Life History of Mary Ann

When Mary Ann Sword was born on 12 October 1842, in Hagerstown, Washington, Maryland, United States, her father, Jacob B. Sword, was 27 and her mother, Sarah A Reed, was 21. She married Abraham Wolford Miller III on 30 December 1862, in Hagerstown, Washington, Maryland, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Potsdam Township, Webster, Nebraska, United States in 1885 and Wyandotte, Kansas, United States in 1910. She died on 1 August 1934, in Kansas City, Wyandotte, Kansas, United States, at the age of 91, and was buried in Highland Park Cemetery, Kansas City, Wyandotte, Kansas, United States.

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Family Time Line

Abraham Wolford Miller III
1839–1911
Mary Ann Sword
1842–1934
Marriage: 30 December 1862
Emma Kate Miller
1864–1943
Sarah Miller
1866–1955
Samuel F. Miller
1868–
Mary Miller
1871–1937
Helen Miller
1873–1967
Ella Miller
1874–
Daniel L. Miller
1876–1882
Benjamin Franklin Miller
1880–1970
Albert Floyd Miller
1885–1967

Sources (12)

  • May A Miller, "United States Census, 1920"
  • MARY ANN MILLER, "BillionGraves Index"
  • Mrs Mary Miller in entry for Mr David M Sword, "United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011"

World Events (8)

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1859

Historical Boundaries: 1859: Wyandotte, Kansas Territory, United States 1861: Wyandotte, Kansas, United States

1866 · The First Civil Rights Act

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.

Name Meaning

English: probably a shortened form of Seward .

English: nickname from Middle English sword(e), swerd(e) ‘sword’, perhaps used for a swordsman or armourer.

Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Suaird, Ó Suairt ‘descendant of Suart’, a personal name derived from Old Norse Sigvarthr ‘victory keeper’, a cognate of Old English Sigeweard; compare Seward 2.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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