Mary Hill Bateman

Brief Life History of Mary Hill

When Mary Hill Bateman was born on 14 September 1817, in Tennessee, United States, her father, William W Bateman, was 75 and her mother, Elizabeth Smith, was 42. She married James H Ragan on 14 December 1840, in Williamson, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States in 1900. She died on 17 July 1901, in Davidson, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Spring Hill Cemetery, Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States.

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Family Time Line

James H Ragan
1818–1897
Mary Hill Bateman
1817–1901
Marriage: 14 December 1840
William Henry Ragan
1841–1932
Martha Searcy Ragan
about 1863–1925
Amelia Matilda Ragan
1844–1904
Mary A Elizabeth Ragan
1846–1936
Catherine Eunice Ragan
1848–1928
James Evans Ragan
1850–1909
Thomas Blackburn Reagan
1853–1936
Robert John Ragan
1860–1910

Sources (31)

  • Mary H Ragan in household of James H Ragan, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Mary Bateman, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"
  • Mary Hill Ragan, "Find A Grave Index"

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. 

1835 · The Hermitage is Built

The Hermitage located in Nashville, Tennessee was a plantation owned by President Andrew Jackson from 1804 until his death there in 1845. The Hermitage is now a museum.

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

Name Meaning

English: from the Middle English personal name Bateman, Bat(te)man, and in the West Midlands of England Batemon, a pet form of Bate or Batte with the hypocoristic suffix -man.

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

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