Brief Life History of Mary Penelope
Mary Penelope Case was born on 9 January 1848, in Henderson, North Carolina, United States. She married Samuel Taylor Staton on 1 January 1869, in Henderson, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons. She lived in Blue Ridge Township, Henderson, North Carolina, United States in 1900 and Blue Ridge, Henderson, North Carolina, United States in 1910. She died on 30 March 1932, in Hendersonville, Henderson, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Tracy, Watauga, North Carolina, United States.
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- Mary C Slaton in household of Arthur Slaton, "United States Census, 1920"
- Mary P Case, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 "
- Mary P. Staton, "North Carolina Deaths, 1931-1994"
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1853 · First State Fair
The first state fair in North Carolina was held in Raleigh and was put on by the North Carolina State Agricultural Society in 1853. The fair has been continuous except for during the American Civil War and Reconstruction and WWII.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment
Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.
Name Meaning
English: from Middle English cass, case ‘box, chest, casket, case’ (from Latin capsa), hence a metonymic occupational name for a maker of boxes or chests.
English: alternatively, a variant of Cass or Cash .
Americanized form of French Caisse .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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