When Mary Jane Vantine was born on 5 September 1835, in Indiana, United States, her father, Garret Voorhees Vantine, was 33 and her mother, Mary Elizabeth Dawson, was 23. She married William M. Smallwood on 21 June 1860, in Collin, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Illinois, United States in 1870 and Justice Precinct 4, Collin, Texas, United States in 1880. She died on 25 June 1889, in Collin, Texas, United States, at the age of 53, and was buried in Smallwood Cemetery, Collin, Texas, United States.
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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.
The Massive Internal Improvements Act of 1836 loaned Indiana $10,000,000 to create infrastructure such as canals, railroads, and roads across the state. The act was signed by Whig Governor Noah Noble and passed by the Indiana General Assembly. However, the financial crisis known as the Panic of 1837 thwarted these plans as costs ballooned. Construction on the infrastructure was not completed and the state debt rapidly increased.
Due to the state’s financial crisis during the previous decade and growing criticism toward state government. Voters approve the Constitution of 1851 which forbade the state government from going into debt.
Americanized form (also Vantine) of Dutch Fonteyn: variant of Fonteijn, a topographic name for someone living near a spring or well, from fontein, a loanword from French fontaine (see Fontaine ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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