Brief Life History of Mary Polly
When Mary Polly Artman was born on 23 July 1803, in Hardin, Kentucky, United States, her father, John Artman, was 39 and her mother, Elizabeth Betsy Dewitt, was 21. She married Richard I Canaday on 23 August 1821, in Perry, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Curry Township, Sullivan, Indiana, United States in 1850. She died on 9 December 1877, in Farmersburg, Curry Township, Sullivan, Indiana, United States, at the age of 74.
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- Mary Canady in household of Richard Canady, "United States Census, 1850"
- Mary Canada, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019"
- Polly Artman, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007"
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World Events (8)
1804
Lewis and Clark set out from St. Louis, MO to explore the West.
1812 · Kentucky Bend Created
During the New Madrid earthquakes of 1811-1812, the Kentucky Bend or New Madrid Bend was created. It is located in the southwestern corner of Kentucky on the banks of the Mississippi River.
1825 · The Crimes Act
The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
Name Meaning
Americanized form of South German Artmann: occupational or status name for a plowman or peasant, from Middle High German art ‘farmland, agriculture’ + man ‘man’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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