Brief Life History of Mary Jane
When Mary Jane Wickersham was born on 7 November 1841, in Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Eli Bayard Wickersham, was 35 and her mother, Lydia Conner, was 33. She married Robert Hopkins Hannum on 26 October 1865, in Columbiana, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Ohio, United States in 1870 and Augusta, Carroll, Ohio, United States in 1880. She died on 7 October 1895, in Augusta Township, Carroll, Ohio, United States, at the age of 53, and was buried in Augusta, Carroll, Ohio, United States.
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- Mary J Hannums in household of H Hannums, "United States Census, 1880"
- Legacy NFS Source: Mary J. Wickersham - Individual or family possessions: Family genealogies: birth-name: Mary Jane Wickersham
- Mary Jane Wickersham, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"
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World Events (7)
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1860 · Ohio supports the Union side of the Civil War
Although divided as a state on the subject of slavery, Ohio participated in the Civil War on the Union's side, providing over 300,000 troops. Ohio provided the 3rd largest number of troops by any Union state.
1863 · Battle of Gettysburg
The three day Battle of Gettysburg was one of the bloodiest of the American Civil War. Between the Confederates and Unions, somewhere between 46,000 and 51,000 people died that day.
Name Meaning
English (Sussex): habitational name from a lost place called Wyckeresham in Framfield (Sussex). The etymology of the placename probably derives from an unknown personal name + Old English hamm ‘water meadow’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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