Brief Life History of Mary Francis
When Mary Francis Justice was born on 15 November 1847, in Tennessee, United States, her father, Larkin Justice, was 19 and her mother, Mary Jane Breedlove, was 21. She married Rev Harvey Colson “Harve” Sutton on 15 April 1875, in Laurel, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in London, Laurel, Kentucky, United States in 1880 and Magisterial District 1, Laurel, Kentucky, United States in 1900. She died on 18 June 1901, in Laurel, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 53, and was buried in London, Laurel, Kentucky, United States.
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- Mary Justice in household of Larkin Justice, "United States Census, 1860"
- Mary F., "Kentucky Marriages, 1785-1979"
- Mary Francis Justice Sutton, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1850 · 8th Most Populated State
According to the 1850 census Kentucky was the 8th most populated state with 982,405 people.
1861
Kentucky sided with the Union during the Civil War, even though it is a southern state.
1862 · Battle of Shiloh
The battle of Shiloh took place on April 6, 1862 and April 7, 1862. Confederate soldiers camp through the woods next to where the Union soldiers were camped at Pittsburg Landing on the Tennessee River. With 23,000 casualties this was the bloodiest battle of the Civil War up to this point.
Name Meaning
English and Scottish: occupational name from Middle English justice, justis(e) ‘judicial officer; judge’, Old French justise, justice ‘uprightness; equity; vindication of right; court of justice; judge’, Latin iustitia, a derivative of iustus (see Just ).
African American: adoption of the surname in 1 above, because of its literal meaning in English ‘uprightness; equity; vindication of right’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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