Mary Ann Frame

Brief Life History of Mary Ann

When Mary Ann Frame was born on 28 April 1838, in Strange Creek, Braxton, Virginia, United States, her father, Andrew M. Frame, was 29 and her mother, Sarah Sally Bailes, was 28. She married Jacob Jasper Nottingham on 10 January 1861, in Braxton, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She lived in Buffalo District, Clay, West Virginia, United States in 1870 and Beaver, Nicholas, West Virginia, United States in 1910. She died on 22 January 1911, in Braxton, West Virginia, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Tate Creek Cemetery, Frametown, Braxton, West Virginia, United States.

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Family Time Line

Thomas West
1824–
Mary Ann Frame
1838–1911
Marriage: 8 January 1867
William M. West
1868–1931
Maxwell Lee West
1869–1941
James William West
1872–1940
Albert West
1875–1940
Jesse Cottle West
1881–1945
Ivy Fairy West
1884–1935

Sources (31)

  • Martha Frame, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Mary A Nottingham, "West Virginia, County Marriage Records, 1776-1971"
  • Mary Ann Frame West, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1844 · Lumpkin's Jail

In 1844 when Robert Lumpkin bought land in Virginia, this would be the spot of the Infamous Slave Jail (or Lumpkin’s Jail). The slaves would be brought here during the slave trade until they were sold. Lumpkin had purchased the land for his own slave business.

1846

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

1861 · The Battle of Manassas

The Battle of Manassas is also referred to as the First Battle of Bull Run. 35,000 Union troops were headed towards Washington D.C. after 20,000 Confederate forces. The McDowell's Union troops fought with General Beauregard's Confederate troops along a little river called Bull Run. 

Name Meaning

Scottish and northern English: from Middle English frame ‘effective, beneficial’ (Old English fram ‘bold, active, strong’). The word was also used as a Middle English personal name.

Jewish (of Sephardic origin): probably an Anglicized form of Ephraim .

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

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