Brief Life History of Mary Donia
When Mary Donia Cummings was born on 23 September 1900, in Obion, Tennessee, United States, her father, Pleasant Jasper Cummings, was 62 and her mother, Florence Adeline Matilda Park, was 40. She married Robert Bradford Ramsey Jr. on 9 January 1921, in Gibson, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She lived in Civil District 8, Gibson, Tennessee, United States in 1940 and Gibson, Gibson, Tennessee, United States in 1950. She died on 24 September 1958, in Gibson, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 58, and was buried in Yorkville Cemetery, Yorkville, Gibson, Tennessee, United States.
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- Mary Ramsey, "United States Census, 1930"
- Mary D Cumigs, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"
- Mary Ramsey, "Tennessee Deaths, 1914-1966"
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World Events (8)
1901 · Assassination of Mckinley
President William McKinley was shot at the Temple of Music, in the Pan-American Exposition, while shaking hands with the public. Leon Czolgosz shot him twice in the abdomen because he thought it was his duty to do so. McKinley died after eight days of watch and care. He was the third American president to be assassinated. After his death, Congress passed legislation to officially make the Secret Service and gave them responsibility for protecting the President at all times.
1901 · Theodore Roosevelt becomes the Twenty-sixth President of the United States
After the Assassination of William McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt was sworn in as the Twenty-sixth President of the United States. During his first term he didn't have a Vice President but for his second term Charles W. Fairbanks filled the position.
1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress
Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.
Name Meaning
Scottish and English (of Norman origin): variant of Cumming , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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