Mary Lucretia Porter

Brief Life History of Mary Lucretia

When Mary Lucretia Porter was born on 2 July 1869, in Yalobusha, Mississippi, United States, her father, Richard Bennett Porter, was 39 and her mother, Martha Caroline Fly, was 35. She married Thomas Carlisle Barry on 20 January 1897, in Yalobusha, Mississippi, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She lived in Holmes, Mississippi, United States in 1910 and Water Valley, Yalobusha, Mississippi, United States for about 20 years. She died on 18 January 1946, in Silver City, Humphreys, Mississippi, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, Water Valley, Yalobusha, Mississippi, United States.

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Thomas Carlisle Barry
1864–1938
Mary Lucretia Porter
1869–1946
Marriage: 20 January 1897
Katie Lee Barry
1901–

Sources (6)

  • Mary L Barry, "United States Census, 1920"
  • Mary Lucretia Porter Barry, "Find A Grave Index"
  • M. L. Porter in entry for T. C. Barry, "Mississippi Marriages, 1800-1911"

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1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment

Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.

1877 · Mississippi State Board of Health is Created

In 1877, the Mississippi State Board of Health was established to protect and advance health throughout the state. There are several different categories that fall under their watch such as disease, environment, injury, standard care, shots, keep records, and more.

1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act

This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.

Name Meaning

English and Scottish: occupational name for the gatekeeper of a walled town or city, or the doorkeeper of a great house, castle, or monastery, from Middle English and Older Scots porter(e), port(o)ur ‘doorkeeper, gatekeeper’ (Anglo-Norman French port(i)er, portur, Latin portarius). The office often came with accommodation, lands, and other privileges for the bearer, and in some cases was hereditary, especially in the case of a royal castle. The name has been established in Ireland since the 13th century. In North America, this surname has absorbed cognates and equivalents in other languages, for example German Pförtner (see Fortner ) and Poertner .

English: occupational name for a man who carried loads for a living, especially one who used his own muscle power rather than a beast of burden or a wheeled vehicle. This sense is from Middle English port(o)ur, porter ‘porter, carrier of burdens’ (Anglo-Norman French portur, porteo(u)r).

Dutch: variant, mostly Americanized, of Poorter, status name for a freeman (burgher) of a town, Middle Dutch portere, modern Dutch poorter. Compare De Porter .

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

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