Brief Life History of Mary Malinda
When Mary Malinda Edrington was born on 2 November 1840, in Adair, Kentucky, United States, her father, Benjamin Leslie Edrington, was 28 and her mother, Emily Settles, was 23. She married John Milton Spears on 29 March 1859, in Livingston, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Fairview Township, Livingston, Missouri, United States for about 20 years and Kiowa, Oklahoma, United States in 1920. She died on 9 January 1922, in Bethany, Harrison, Missouri, United States, at the age of 81.
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Sources (8)
- Mary E Spears, "United States Census, 1920"
- Mary Ellen Edrington in entry for Alice Spears Carpenter, "Virginia, Death Certificates, 1912-1987"
- Mary E Spears, "United States Census, 1870"
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Children (6)
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World Events (8)
1845
Historical Boundaries: 1845: Missouri Non-County Area 7, Missouri, United States 1845: Harrison, Missouri, United States
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1862 · Battle of Perryville
On October 8, 1862, the Battle of Perryville took place between the Army of Ohio and the Army of Mississippi. It was the bloodiest battle on Kentucky soil. The Union lost around four thousand people and the Confederates lost around three thousand people. This was about one fifth of those that fought.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from an unidentified place. It may be a metathesized form of Erdington in the West Midlands, which derives its name from the Old English personal name Ēanrēd + Old English tūn ‘enclosure, settlement’.
History: Christopher Edrington is recorded in Rappahannock County, VA, in1666–71.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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