When Mary Polly Walling was born on 4 November 1818, in Pike, Mississippi, United States, her father, James Walling Sr, was 23 and her mother, Martha Hamlin, was 19. She married Isham Russell Chisum Sr on 21 May 1840, in Nacogdoches, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Limestone, Texas, United States in 1870 and Kosse, Limestone, Texas, United States in 1880. She died on 18 January 1891, in Thornton, Limestone, Texas, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Thornton, Limestone, Texas, United States.
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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.
The Treaty of Doak’s Stand was a treaty with the Choctaw which makes up the majority of Mississippi. It made it so the Choctaw had to give up one-half of their remaining homeland.
Historical Boundaries: 1838: Robertson, Republic of Texas 1846: Limestone, Texas, United States
German (Wälling): from a short form of an ancient Germanic personal name formed with walt ‘rule’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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