Brief Life History of Mattie Lou
When Mattie Lou Renfroe was born on 20 May 1857, in Georgia, United States, her father, John William Renfroe, was 32 and her mother, Balzora Ellis Cates, was 22. She married William Cary Solomon on 31 March 1878, in Jeffersonville, Twiggs, Georgia, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in District 344, Laurens, Georgia, United States in 1880 and Dublin, Laurens, Georgia, United States for about 10 years. She died on 28 June 1919, in Georgia, United States, at the age of 62, and was buried in Northview Cemetery, Dublin, Laurens, Georgia, United States.
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- Martha Renfro in household of John Renfro, "United States Census, 1870"
- Mattie Renfroe in entry for R Clinton Solomon, "Georgia Deaths, 1928-1942"
- Martha Renfroe in household of John Renfroe, "United States Census, 1860"
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World Events (8)
1861
Civil War History - Some 11,000 Georgians gave their lives in defense of their state a state that suffered immense destruction. But wars end brought about an even more dramatic figure to tell: 460,000 African-Americans were set free from the shackles of slavery to begin new lives as free people.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
Name Meaning
Scottish: variant of Renfrew .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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