When Mary Jane Stoneking was born on 11 July 1844, in Alma, Page, Virginia, United States, her father, Henry Stoneking, was 38 and her mother, Dorcas Gapen, was 33. She lived in Tyler, Tyler, Virginia, United States in 1850 and Tyler, Virginia, United States in 1860. She died on 29 December 1862, in Alma, Page, Virginia, United States, at the age of 18, and was buried in Middlebourne, Tyler, Virginia, United States.
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U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Hollywood Cemetery was established in 1847 in Richmond Virginia. This is where Presidents James Monroe and John Tyler are buried. During the Civil War it became the largest military interments and a large section dedicated to military burials. Jefferson Davis a well known Confederate is also buried here. Many other notable people are also buried here.
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.
Americanized form (translation into English) of German Steinkönig, composed of Middle High German stein ‘stone’ + kūnic ‘king’, perhaps a nickname of anecdotal origin.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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