Margaret Jane Lee

Brief Life History of Margaret Jane

When Margaret Jane Lee was born on 3 November 1818, in Virginia, United States, her father, John Barnet Lee, was 53 and her mother, Elizabeth Elkins, was 49. She married Elisha Hurt on 27 June 1838, in Lewis, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 9 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Illinois, United States in 1870 and Barry, Pike, Illinois, United States in 1880. She died on 6 May 1886, at the age of 67, and was buried in Barry Cemetery, Barry, Pike, Illinois, United States.

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Family Time Line

Elisha Hurt
1809–1888
Margaret Jane Lee
1818–1886
Marriage: 27 June 1838
Eliza F Hurt
1839–1868
Charles Henry Hurt
1841–1922
John Moses Hurt
1842–1883
Joshua Hurt
1845–1846
Elisha Hurt
1846–1920
Berryman Hurt
1848–1900
Albert Hurt
1853–1892
Walter Hurt
1855–1866
Clay D. Hurt
1857–1880
Ellen Hurt
1858–1863
Edwin Garland Hurt
1866–1930

Sources (12)

  • Margaret Hart in household of Elisha Hart, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Lee im Eintrag für Elisa Hurtt und Caroline Wagner, „Iowa Marriages, 1809-1992“
  • Margaret Jane Lee Hurt, "Find A Grave Index"

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World Events (8)

1819 · Panic! of 1819

With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years. 

1824 · """Mary Randolph Publishes """"The Virginia Housewife"""""""

“The Virginia Housewife” was published by Mary Randolph. It was the first cookbook published in America. 

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.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: Chinese Young, Sang, Jae, Jong, Jung, Sung, Yong, Kyung, Seung, Dong, Kwang, Myung.

English: topographic name for someone who lived near a meadow or a patch of arable land, Middle English lee, lea, from Old English lēa, dative case (used after a preposition) of lēah, which originally meant ‘wood or glade’.

English: habitational name from any of the many places in England named with Old English lēah ‘wood, glade’, including Lee in Buckinghamshire, Essex, Hampshire, Kent, and Shropshire, and Lea in Cheshire, Derbyshire, Herefordshire, Lancashire, Lincolnshire, and Wiltshire.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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