Brief Life History of Mary
When Mary Faris was born on 17 January 1820, in Hagerstown, Washington, Maryland, United States, her father, William F Farris, was 35 and her mother, Jane Ross, was 34. She married James White Neely on 25 October 1838, in Maury, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. She died on 28 April 1878, in Jonesboro, Union, Illinois, United States, at the age of 58.
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- Mary Neeley, "United States Census, 1870"
- Mary Fariss, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"
- Mary Fario in entry for Margaret J. Walter, "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947"
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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.
1823
Historical Boundaries: 1823: Union, Illinois, United States
1836 · Remember the Alamo
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
Name Meaning
Irish and Scottish: variant of Ferris .
English: variant of Faires .
Muslim: from a personal name based on Arabic fāris ‘horseman, knight’. Compare Fares .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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