Mary Jane Whitmer

Brief Life History of Mary Jane

When Mary Jane Whitmer was born on 20 October 1816, in Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States, her father, Valentine "Felty" Whitmer, was 28 and her mother, Sarah Scott, was 30. She lived in Kentucky, United States in 1870 and South Carrollton, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States in 1870. She died on 23 November 1887, in Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Scott Cemetery, Bremen, Logan, Kentucky, United States.

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Family Time Line

Valentine "Felty" Whitmer
1787–1855
Sarah Scott
1785–1848
Peter Whitmer
1813–1825
William W. Whitmer
1813–1862
Mary Jane Whitmer
1816–1887
Rebecca Whitmer
1819–1885
Sarah Ann Whitmer
1822–1884
Thomas W. Whitmer
1826–1907
Susananh Whitmer
1826–1912
Francis Marion Whitmer
1839–1904

Sources (4)

  • M J Whitmore, "United States, Census, 1860"
  • Mary Jane Whitmer, "Find A Grave Index"
  • May J Whitmer, "United States, Census, 1870"

World Events (8)

1818 · Jackson Purchase

The western part of Kentucky purchased by Andrew Jackson from the Chickasaw Indians in 1818. It became known as the Jackson Purchase. This included land that wasn't originally part of Kentucky when it became a state.

1819 · Panic! of 1819

With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years. 

1836 · Remember the Alamo

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.

Name Meaning

English: variant of Whitmore .

Americanized form of German Wittmeyer or of Wittmer .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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