Mary Matilda Bailey

14 October 1867–18 April 1915 (Age 47)
Jasper, Newton, Arkansas, United States

The Life Summary of Mary Matilda

When Mary Matilda Bailey was born on 14 October 1867, in Jasper, Newton, Arkansas, United States, her father, Andrew Jackson Bailey, was 37 and her mother, Tabitha Jo Feagins, was 31. She married James Newton "Newt" Adams on 29 June 1882, in Newton, Arkansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Tompkinsville, Monroe, Kentucky, United States in 1880 and Eason, Pottawatomie, Oklahoma, United States for about 10 years. She died on 18 April 1915, in Muskogee, Oklahoma, United States, at the age of 47, and was buried in Henryetta, Okmulgee, Oklahoma, United States.

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Family Time Line

James Newton "Newt" Adams
1857–1916
Mary Matilda Bailey
1867–1915
Marriage: 29 June 1882
Martha Elvira Jane "Ella" Adams
1884–1955
James R Adams
1886–1950
William Henry Adams
1887–1927
Adams
1889–1889
Infant B Adams
1889–1899
John A Adams
1890–1890
Benton T Adams
1891–1923
Pertha Adams
1893–1936
Roy Herbert Adams
1899–1943
Ray Adams
1899–1990

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    29 June 1882Newton, Arkansas, United States
    • Children

    (10)

    +5 More Children

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (12)

    +7 More Children

    World Events (8)

    1868 · Impeach the President!
    Age 1
    Caused by many crimes and breaking the Tenure of Office Act, Many Senators and House Representatives became angry with President Johnson and began discussions of his Impeachment. After a special session of Congress, the Articles of Impeachment were approved by the House and then the Senate. Making Andrew Johnson the first President to be Impeached.
    1868 · The Fourteenth Amendment
    Age 1
    As one of the Reconstruction Amendments, the Fourteenth Amendment addresses the rights and protections that all citizens of the United States have. The amendment also limits actions of state and local officials in all states.
    1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
    Age 14
    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: status name for a steward or official, from Middle English bailli ‘manager, administrator’ (Old French baillis, from Late Latin baiulivus, an adjectival derivative of baiulus ‘attendant, carrier, porter’).English: habitational name from Bailey in Little Mitton, Lancashire, named with Old English beg ‘berry’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’.English: occasionally a topographic name for someone who lived by the outer wall of a castle, from Middle English (Old French) bailli ‘outer courtyard of a castle’ (Old French bail(le) ‘enclosure’, a derivative of bailer ‘to enclose’). This term became a placename in its own right, denoting a district beside a fortification or wall, as in the case of the Old Bailey in London, which formed part of the early medieval outer wall of the city.

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

    Possible Related Names

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    Baillie
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    Sources (19)

    • Mary M Bailey in household of Andrew J Bailey, "United States Census, 1870"
    • Bailey in entry for William M Rodgers and Elvirie J Adams, "Oklahoma, County Marriages, 1890-1995"
    • Mary Bailey in entry for William Harry Adams, "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976"

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