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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U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Historical Boundaries: 1859: Wyandotte, Kansas Territory, United States 1861: Wyandotte, Kansas, United States
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: 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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