Brief Life History of Sophia Elizabeth
When Sophia Elizabeth Dowell was born on 10 June 1849, in Jackson, Tennessee, United States, her father, John Martin Dowell, was 46 and her mother, Nancy Ann Terry, was 40. She married William Jefferson Mabury on 27 August 1876, in Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. She lived in Tennessee, United States in 1870 and Civil District 10, Jackson, Tennessee, United States for about 20 years. She died on 31 January 1911, in Jackson, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 61, and was buried in Dodson Branch, Jackson, Tennessee, United States.
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Sources (15)
- Sophia Mayberry, "United States Census, 1900"
- U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
- Sophia Betsy Dowell Mabury, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1862 · Battle of Shiloh
The battle of Shiloh took place on April 6, 1862 and April 7, 1862. Confederate soldiers camp through the woods next to where the Union soldiers were camped at Pittsburg Landing on the Tennessee River. With 23,000 casualties this was the bloodiest battle of the Civil War up to this point.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1866 · The First Civil Rights Act
The first federal law that defined what was citizenship and affirm that all citizens are equally protected by the law. Its main objective was to protect the civil rights of persons of African descent.
Name Meaning
Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Dubhghaill (see McDowell ).
English: nickname from Middle English do well, do will ‘do well’. Compare Farwell 1 and Gowell .
English: variant of Doll .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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