Brief Life History of Mary Ann
When Mary Ann Crawford was born in 1821, in Kentucky, United States, her father, James Harvey Crawford, was 69 and her mother, Virginia Jane Llewellyn Magruder, was 39. She married Henry Blake Hull on 6 April 1841, in Greenup, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Kansas, United States in 1870 and Fairview Township, Russell, Kansas, United States in 1880.
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- Mary Hull in household of Henry Hull, "United States Census, 1860"
- Mary Ann Crawford, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
- Mary Ann Crawford in entry for Henry B. Hull, "Kentucky Marriages, 1785-1979"
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1821 · Financial Relief for Public Land
A United States law to provide financial relief for the purchasers of Public Lands. It permitted the earlier buyers, that couldn't pay completely for the land, to return the land back to the government. This granted them a credit towards the debt they had on land. Congress, also, extended credit to buyer for eight more years. Still while being in economic panic and the shortage of currency made by citizens, the government hoped that with the time extension, the economy would improve.
1830 · Louisville and Portland Canal Opens
The Louisville and Portland canal opened in 1830. It was a 2 mile canal. It helped with the barrier caused by the Falls of the Ohio River at Louisville by making a route around them.
1854
Bleeding Kansas was a time period between the years 1854 and 1861 with a series of violent confrontations over whether slavery would be legal in Kansas Territory.
Name Meaning
Scottish and English: habitational name from any of various places called Crawford, primarily the one in Lanarkshire (Scotland), and possibly also from the one in Lancashire. Both are named in Old English with crāwe ‘crow’ + ford ‘ford’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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