When Mary Grantham was born on 26 March 1814, her father, John H Grantham, was 40 and her mother, Elisabeth Harrison, was 38. She married Silas Blackman Kelly on 4 October 1832, in Irving, Montgomery, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 9 daughters. She lived in Illinois, United States in 1870 and Irving, Montgomery, Illinois, United States in 1880. She died on 8 November 1888, in Montgomery, Illinois, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Irving, Montgomery, Illinois, United States.
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With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
Historical Boundaries: 1821: Montgomery, Illinois, United States
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
English (Lincolnshire and East Yorkshire): habitational name from Grantham in Lincolnshire, of uncertain origin. The final element is Old English hām ‘homestead’; the first may be Old English grand ‘gravel’ or perhaps a personal name Granta, which probably originated as a byname meaning ‘snarler’. See also Graham .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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