Brief Life History of Margaret Jane
When Margaret Jane Wadlington was born in 1820, in Kentucky, United States, her father, Warner Washington Wadlington, was 35 and her mother, Mary Kelly, was 31. She married John Tilford Wadlington on 20 April 1836, in Madison, Mississippi, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Carroll, Carroll, Mississippi, United States in 1850 and Beat 4, Carroll, Mississippi, United States in 1860. She died in 1864, in Mississippi, United States, at the age of 44.
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- M J Mc Mullon in household of Smith Mc Millan, "United States Census, 1860"
- Margaret Jane Wadlington, "Find A Grave Index"
- Miss Margaret T Wadlington in entry for Mr J F Wadlington, "Mississippi, County Marriages, 1858-1979"
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1820 · Making States Equal
The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.
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.
1832 · The Black Hawk War
Convinced that a group of Native American tribes were hostile, The United States formed a frontier militia to stop them in their tracks. Even though Black Hawk was hoping to avoid bloodshed while trying to resettle on tribal land, U.S. officials opened fire on the Native Americans. Black Hawk then responded to this confrontation by successfully attacking the militia at the Battle of Stillman's Run and then left northward. After a few months the militia caught up with Black Hawk and his men and defeated them at the Battle of Wisconsin Heights. While being weakened by hunger, injuries and desertion, Black Hawk and the rest of the many native survivors retreated towards the Mississippi. Unfortunately, Black Hawk and other leaders were later captured when they surrendered to the US forces and were then imprisoned for a year.
Name Meaning
Probably an altered form of English Waddington or Watlington .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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