Brief Life History of Mary Jane 'Polly'
Mary Jane 'Polly' Wood was born about March 1834, in Madison, Alabama, United States as the daughter of Lewis B Croft and Augusta Vandiver. She married William Vann Rich on 9 February 1868, in Henry, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter.
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- Polly Craft, "United States Census, 1860"
- Mary Jane Wood, "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950"
- Mary Woods in entry for Charles C. Rich, "Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974"
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1836 · Remember the Alamo
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.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1865
Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
Name Meaning
English: mainly a topographic name for someone who lived in or by a wood, from Middle English wode ‘wood’ (Old English wudu). In North America, the English form of the surname has absorbed cognates from other languages, such as French Bois and Polish Les .
English: in a few cases, a nickname for an eccentric or perhaps a violent person, from Middle English wode ‘frenzied, wild’ (Old English wōd).
Americanized form of French Gadbois .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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