Mary Ann Ashworth

Brief Life History of Mary Ann

When Mary Ann Ashworth was born in 1818, in Mississippi, United States, her father, Moses Ashworth, was 44 and her mother, Ashworth, was 46. She married Andrew Wesley Goodwin in 1838, in Cherokee, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Nacogdoches, Texas, United States in 1860 and Bosque, Texas, United States in 1880. She died in 1886, in Dime Box, Lee, Texas, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in Dime Box, Lee, Texas, United States.

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Family Time Line

Andrew Wesley Goodwin
1816–1860
Mary Ann Ashworth
1818–1886
Marriage: 1838
Sherly Goodwin
1835–
Nattley Goodwin
1847–
Mahala Jane Goodwin
1837–1862
Nancy Elizabeth Goodwin
1839–1918
Henry W Goodwin
1839–
George Goodwin
1842–
Julia Ann Goodwin
1844–1880
Rebecca Goodwin
1848–1934

Sources (6)

  • Mary Goodwin, "United States Census, 1880"
  • Mary Ann Ashworth Goodwin, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Ashworth in entry for Rebecca Stanley, "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976"

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World Events (8)

1819 · Panic! of 1819

With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years. 

1820 · The Treaty of Doak's Stand 

The Treaty of Doak’s Stand was a treaty with the Choctaw which makes up the majority of Mississippi. It made it so the Choctaw had to give up one-half of their remaining homeland. 

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

English (mainly Lancashire): habitational name from Ashworth in Lancashire, from Old English æsc ‘ash tree’ + worth ‘enclosure’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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