When Mary Jane Neatherlin was born on 6 September 1834, in Hinds, Mississippi, United States, her father, Soloman Neatherlin, was 32 and her mother, Elizabeth Mabry, was 19. She married Silas Jehu Vickers on 14 August 1851, in Lockhart, Caldwell, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 9 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Texas, United States in 1870 and Justice Precinct 1, Williamson, Texas, United States for about 20 years. She died on 17 March 1902, in Georgetown, Williamson, Texas, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Fore Cemetery, Williamson, Texas, United States.
Do you know Mary Jane? Do you have a story about her that you would like to share? Sign In or Create a FREE Account
+9 More Children
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.
Over 7,000 German immigrants arrived in Texas. Some of these new arrivals died in epidemics; those that survived ended up living in cities such as San Antonio, Galveston, and Houston. Other German settlers went to the Texas Hill Country and formed the western portion of the German Belt, where new towns were founded: New Braunfels and Fredericksburg.
Mississippi became the second state to leave the Union at the start of the Civil War in 1861.
Origin undetermined. Compare Netherland .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Possible Related NamesAs a nonprofit, we offer free help to those looking to learn the details of their family story.