Brief Life History of Marianna "Maye" Smith
When Marianna "Maye" Smith Taber was born on 25 January 1862, in Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina, United States, her father, Albert Rhett Taber, was 28 and her mother, Emma Middleton Haskell Thompson, was 24. She married Robert Goodwyn Murray on 10 January 1882, in Fort Motte, Calhoun, South Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She lived in Amelia Township, Calhoun, South Carolina, United States in 1910 and Barnwell, South Carolina, United States in 1920. She died on 13 February 1934, at the age of 72, and was buried in Fort Motte, Calhoun, South Carolina, United States.
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- May S Murray in household of Robert G Murray, "United States Census, 1920"
- Mae Taber Murray, "South Carolina Deaths, 1915-1965"
- Mrs Mai Taber Murray, "United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011"
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World Events (8)
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1871 · KKK Supression
In March of 1871, in an attempt to supress the Ku Klux Klan in South Carolina, President Grant sends troops in. Later that year in October, the KKK are told to disarm and break up. They do not do this and later many are arrested by the US marshals.
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
Name Meaning
English (Essex): variant of Tabor .
Polish: from the ancient Germanic personal name Dagobert (from Old High German tac ‘day’ + berht ‘bright’); compare German Tabbert 2.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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