Mary Florence Minor

Brief Life History of Mary Florence

When Mary Florence Minor was born on 28 October 1878, in Alabama, United States, her father, William A “Sine” Minor, was 33 and her mother, Eliza Adaline Carruth, was 23. She married Benjamin M Mixon on 29 June 1899, in Beaverton, Lamar, Alabama, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Pine Springs, Lamar, Alabama, United States in 1900 and Lamar, Alabama, United States in 1910. She died on 17 July 1918, in Election Precinct 4 Lamar, Randolph, Alabama, United States, at the age of 39, and was buried in Mount Hebron Cemetery, Crews, Lamar, Alabama, United States.

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Family Time Line

Benjamin M Mixon
1870–1951
Mary Florence Minor
1878–1918
Marriage: 29 June 1899
Addie B Mixon
1902–1990
William Wesley Mixon
1904–1994
Tennie C Mixon
1907–1990
Purnie Mae Mixon
1910–1998
Elmer Richard Mixon
1913–1992
Donna Lee Mixon
1916–1996
Lex Ernie Mixon
1918–1996

Sources (11)

  • Mary F Mixan in household of Ben Mixan, "United States Census, 1900"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Mary Francis Minor - Published information: birth-name: Mary Francis Minor
  • Florence Minor, "Alabama County Marriages, 1711-1992"

World Events (8)

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act

A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.

1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act

This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.

Name Meaning

English: variant of Miner .

German: Latinized (humanistic) form of Klein or Kleiner , from Latin minor ‘less, smaller’.

Altered form of French Ménard (see Menard ), reflecting the characteristic Canadian and American French rounding of the -ard ending.

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

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