Brief Life History of Mary Kate
When Mary Kate Delk was born on 26 April 1876, in Ludowici, Long, Georgia, United States, her father, Nathaniel Screven Delk, was 28 and her mother, Harriet Lavinia Elliott Long, was 32. She married John Kirkland on 24 February 1897, in Liberty, Georgia, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 7 daughters. She lived in Walkersville, Pierce, Georgia, United States in 1920 and Blackshear, Pierce, Georgia, United States in 1930. She died on 8 August 1933, in Pierce, Georgia, United States, at the age of 57, and was buried in Shiloh Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, Blackshear, Pierce, Georgia, United States.
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- Mary C Delk in household of Nathan'L L Delk, "United States Census, 1880"
- Kate Delk, "Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950"
- Mary Kate Kirkland, "Find A Grave Index"
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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.
1885
Historical Boundaries: 1885: Pierce, Georgia, United States
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
Name Meaning
Possibly an altered form of German Telke, meaning ‘proud’ or ‘famous’, or a shortened form of German Delker .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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