Mary Ann Mollie Stevens

Brief Life History of Mary Ann Mollie

When Mary Ann Mollie Stevens was born on 28 February 1869, in Kirksville, Moultrie, Illinois, United States, her father, Jacob Oscar Stevens, was 27 and her mother, Elizabeth Miller, was 38. She married Newton Jasper Siler on 17 September 1888. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Sullivan Township, Moultrie, Illinois, United States for about 30 years and Union Township, Lincoln, Oklahoma, United States in 1910. She died on 31 March 1940, in Kirksville, Moultrie, Illinois, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Rogers, Benton, Arkansas, United States.

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Family Time Line

Newton Jasper Siler
1871–1941
Mary Ann Mollie Stevens
1869–1940
Marriage: 17 September 1888
Mary Elizabeth Siler
1889–1972
Ira Forest Siler
1896–1967
Jacob W. Siler
1891–
Ivoy F. Siler
1893–
William Henry Siler
1901–
Clarence Elmer Siler
1906–1971

Sources (15)

  • Mary Stebens, "United States Census, 1880"
  • Mary A. Stephens, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"
  • Mary Gough in entry for Elmer Siler, "Oklahoma, School Records, 1895-1936"

World Events (8)

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.

1871

In 1871, a cow kicked over a lantern, causing a fire that burned down half of Chicago. Today this city is the third largest in the US.

1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act

This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.

Name Meaning

English (London), Flemish, Dutch, and North German: patronymic from the personal name Steven . The surname of Flemish origin is also found in the Walloon part of Belgium. In North America, the English form of the surname has also absorbed some like-sounding Jewish names and various other European cognates, e.g. Greek Stefanidis , Serbian Stevanović (see Stevanovic ), Slovenian and Slovak Štefanič (see Stefanic ).

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

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