Brief Life History of Mary Abigail
When Mary Abigail Beavers was born on 10 September 1854, in Paint Township, Highland, Ohio, United States, her father, Selden Beavers, was 34 and her mother, Rachel W Spargur, was 31. She married Thomas Epperson on 12 February 1871, in Highland, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Page, Iowa, United States in 1895 and Valley Township, Page, Iowa, United States for about 10 years. She died on 15 October 1911, in Hepburn, Page, Iowa, United States, at the age of 57, and was buried in Villisca, Montgomery, Iowa, United States.
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- Mary Beaver in household of Seldon Beaver, "United States Census, 1870"
- Mary A Epperson, "Iowa, Death Records, 1904-1951"
- Beewers in entry for Charles C Epperson, "California Death Index, 1940-1997"
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1857 · The State Capital moves to Des Moines
The Capitol was located in Iowa City until the 1st General Assembly of Iowa recognized that the Capitol should be moved farther west than Iowa City. Land was found two miles from the Des Moines River to start construction of the new building. Today the Capitol building still stands on its original plot.
1860 · Ohio supports the Union side of the Civil War
Although divided as a state on the subject of slavery, Ohio participated in the Civil War on the Union's side, providing over 300,000 troops. Ohio provided the 3rd largest number of troops by any Union state.
1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment
Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Beaver , with post-medieval excrescent -s.
History: William Walter Beavers, from whom many American bearers of this surname are descended, was born in Wales on July 25, 1755 and married Elizabeth Ragsdale in Lunenburg County, VA. He died c. 1807 in Elbert County, GA.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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