Lucy Lineberger

Brief Life History of Lucy

When Lucy Lineberger was born on 26 April 1868, in Gaston, North Carolina, United States, her father, Jonas L Lineberger, was 47 and her mother, Lanie Selena "Lena" Hoffman, was 39. She married Robert Lee Payne on 30 November 1892, in Gaston, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Crowder Mountain Township, Gaston, North Carolina, United States for about 10 years. She died on 20 February 1957, in Gastonia, Gaston, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in Bessemer City, Gaston, North Carolina, United States.

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Family Time Line

Robert Lee Payne
1868–1913
Lucy Lineberger
1868–1957
Marriage: 30 November 1892
Gordon Jonas Payne
1894–1970
Earnest Alexander Payne
1896–1967
Robert Pinkney Payne
1898–1989
Margaret Elaine Payne
1900–1984
Catherine Allen Payne
1903–1987
Mary C Payne
1906–
Frances Lucy Payne
1908–1993

Sources (30)

  • Lucy Payne, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Lucy Lineberger - Published information: Family genealogies: birth: 26 April 1868; Gaston, North Carolina, United States
  • Lucy Lineberger, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 "

World Events (8)

1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment

Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.

1877 · Last Troops Leave

In 1877, the last of the troops that were occupying North Carolina left.

1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.

Name Meaning

Americanized form of Swiss German and German Leuenberger or of its Alsatian cognate Leyenberger. Compare Linebarger , Lineberry , and Lionberger .

Americanized form of German Leinberger .

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

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