Brief Life History of Mary Jane
When Mary Jane Powell was born on 3 November 1843, in Audrain, Missouri, United States, her father, William Monroe Powell, was 23 and her mother, Margaret Damrell, was 21. She married George Washington Bybee on 25 January 1864, in Fulton, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Salt River Township, Audrain, Missouri, United States in 1860 and Missouri, United States in 1870. She died on 30 December 1929, in South Fork Township, Monroe, Missouri, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Santa Fe, Monroe, Missouri, United States.
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- M J Powell in household of Robert Powell, "United States Census, 1860"
- Mary Jane Powell, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"
- Mary Jane Powell Bybee, "Find A Grave Index"
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Children (9)
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World Events (8)
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1846
Historical Boundaries 1846: Created from Putnam, Non-County Area 23 and 36. 1853: Dodge absorbed by Putnam county
1866 · The First Civil Rights Act
The first federal law that defined what was citizenship and affirm that all citizens are equally protected by the law. Its main objective was to protect the civil rights of persons of African descent.
Name Meaning
Welsh: Anglicized form of Welsh ap Hywel ‘son of Hywel’, a personal name meaning ‘eminent’ (see Howell ).
Irish: mainly of Welsh origin as in 1 above, but sometimes a surname adopted as equivalent of Gaelic Mac Giolla Phóil ‘son of the servant of Saint Paul’ (see Guilfoyle ).
English: variant of Paul or Poole .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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George W. Bybee
GEORGE W. BYBEE (Farmer and Stock-dealer, Section 7). Mr. Bybee was born May 19, 1838, of John S. and Jennetta (Creed) Bybee. His parents came to Missouri among the earliest settlers, and so few facil …
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