Brief Life History of Mattie Jane
When Mattie Jane Prichard was born on 5 November 1864, in Harrison Township, Mercer, Missouri, United States, her father, Jackson O. Pritchard, was 45 and her mother, Louisa Jane Rockhold, was 32. She had at least 2 daughters with William W White. She lived in Jackson, Missouri, United States for about 10 years. She died on 22 May 1930, in Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States, at the age of 65, and was buried in Goshen Cemetery, Harrison Township, Mercer, Missouri, United States.
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Sources (12)
- Mattie White in household of William White, "United States Census, 1920"
- Mattie J. White, "Find A Grave Index"
- Mattie J Prichard White in entry for Minnie May White, "Missouri Births, 1817-1939"
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1865
Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
1865 · The Assassination of a President
While attending the play "Our American Cousin" in Ford's Theatre, actor John Wilkes Booth climbed up the stairs to the suite that President Abraham Lincoln and his wife resided. Once inside the suite Booth pulled out his pistol and shot The President in the head. In critical condition The President was carried out of the theatre for urgent medical attention. Unfortunately, Lincoln died the following day. Abraham Lincoln was the first American president to be assassinated, and his death caused a period of national mourning both in the North and South.
1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act
A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.
Name Meaning
Welsh: variant of Pritchard .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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