Marcella P. Lacy

Brief Life History of Marcella P.

When Marcella P. Lacy was born on 4 November 1828, in Christian, Kentucky, United States, her father, George Washington Lacy, was 38 and her mother, Sarah Myers, was 32. She married John Calhoun Whitman on 28 February 1850, in Cedar, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Texas, United States in 1870 and Justice Precinct 4, Burnet, Texas, United States for about 20 years. She died on 3 February 1923, in Burnet, Burnet, Texas, United States, at the age of 94, and was buried in Marble Falls, Burnet, Texas, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Calhoun Whitman
1825–1872
Marcella P. Lacy
1828–1923
Marriage: 28 February 1850
Lucinda Elizabeth Whitman
1851–1921
Joseph Harrison Whitman
1857–1939
George Washington Whitman
1859–1937
Jefferson Davis Whitman
1861–1930
Sarah Mack Whitman
1862–1893
Minerva Whitman
1866–1888
Eugenia Whitman
1868–1944

Sources (20)

  • Marcelle Whitman, "United States, Census, 1920"
  • Miss Marsel Lacy, "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991"
  • Marcelle P Whitman, "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976"

World Events (8)

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.

1843

Historical Boundaries 1843: Highland County create from Non-County Area 23 1845: Highland County renamed Sullivan County

1858

Historical Boundaries: 1852: Travis, Texas, United States 1852: Burnet, Texas, United States

Name Meaning

English and Irish (of Norman origin): habitational name from Lassy in Calvados, named from a Gaulish personal name Lascius (of uncertain origin and meaning) + the locative suffix -acum.

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

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