Brief Life History of Mary Amanda
Mary Amanda Pauley was born in April 1846, in West Virginia, United States. She married Albert Paul on 17 January 1867, in Kanawha, West Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 7 daughters. She lived in Kanawha, Virginia, United States for about 10 years and Lincoln, West Virginia, United States for about 30 years. She died on 13 December 1910, in Garretts Bend, Lincoln, West Virginia, United States, at the age of 64, and was buried in Lincoln, West Virginia, United States.
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- Mandy Paul, "United States Census, 1910"
- Mary A Pauley, "West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970"
- Amanda Paul, "West Virginia Deaths, 1804-1999"
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1847 · Hollywood Cemetery Established
Hollywood Cemetery was established in 1847 in Richmond Virginia. This is where Presidents James Monroe and John Tyler are buried. During the Civil War it became the largest military interments and a large section dedicated to military burials. Jefferson Davis a well known Confederate is also buried here. Many other notable people are also buried here.
1861 · The Battle of Manassas
The Battle of Manassas is also referred to as the First Battle of Bull Run. 35,000 Union troops were headed towards Washington D.C. after 20,000 Confederate forces. The McDowell's Union troops fought with General Beauregard's Confederate troops along a little river called Bull Run.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
English: perhaps from an unrecorded Middle English personal name Pauly, or a pet form of Paul.
German: variant or a derivative of Paul . Compare Poley .
English (of Norman origin): habitational name from Pavilly (Seine‐Maritime, France).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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