Brief Life History of Mary A.
When Mary A. Perry was born about 1822, in Alabama, United States, her father, Hubert Edwin Edward Perry Jr, was 51 and her mother, Mary Wilson Polly Edgar, was 45. She married James Washington Jennings on 4 August 1836, in Homer, Claiborne, Louisiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Claiborne, Louisiana, United States in 1850 and Burleson, Texas, United States in 1870. She died in September 1873, in Old Dime Box, Lee, Texas, United States, at the age of 52.
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- Mary Jennings in household of Jas M Jennings, "United States Census, 1870"
- Legacy NFS Source: Mary A. Perry - Government record: Probate record or will: birth-name: Mary A. Perry
- Perry in entry for Albert Johnson Jennings, "Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976"
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1825 · The Crimes Act
The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
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
Welsh: Anglicized form of Welsh ap Herry ‘son of Herry’, a variant of the personal name Harry (see Harris ).
English: topographic name for someone who lived near a pear tree (Middle English piri(e), peri(e), puri(e), Old English pirige, pyrige), or a habitational name for someone who owned or came from a place so named. This surname and a number of variants have been established in Ireland since the 17th century.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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