Mary Marie Stitt

28 May 1835–20 June 1893 (Age 58)
Wellsburg, Brooke, West Virginia, United States

The Life of Mary Marie

When Mary Marie Stitt was born on 28 May 1835, in Wellsburg, Brooke, West Virginia, United States, her father, William Stitt Sr, was 31 and her mother, Delilah Mariah Foulk, was 22. She married Matthew Lind on 25 September 1856, in McLean, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons. She died on 20 June 1893, in Peoria, Peoria, Illinois, United States, at the age of 58, and was buried in Springdale Cemetery, Peoria City Township, Peoria, Illinois, United States.

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Family Time Line

Matthew Lind
1829–1888
Mary Marie Stitt
1835–1893
Marriage: 25 September 1856
Willard William Lind
1857–1942
Frank Rolfe Lind
1860–1898
Lewis W. Lind
1861–1884

Spouse and Children

MARRIAGE
25 September 1856
McLean, Illinois, United States
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World Events (8)

1836 · Remember the Alamo

Age 1

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.
1839 · From Swamp to Beautiful Place

Age 4

By 1829 Venus, Illinois had grown sufficiently and in 1832 was one of the contenders for the new county seat. However, the honor was awarded to a nearby city, Carthage. In 1834 the name Venus was changed to Commerce because the settlers felt that the new name better suited their plans. But during late 1839, arriving members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints bought the small town of Commerce and in April 1840 it was renamed Nauvoo by Joseph Smith Jr., who led the Latter-Day Saints to Nauvoo to escape persecution in Missouri. The name Nauvoo is derived from the traditional Hebrew language. It is notable that by 1844 Nauvoo's population had swollen to around 12,000 residents, rivaling the size of Chicago at the time. After the Latter-Day Saints left the population settled down toward 2,000 people.
1856 · The Largest Map Company in the World

Age 21

William Rand opened a small printing shop in Chicago. Doing most of the work himself for the first two years he decided to hire some help. Rand Hired Andrew McNally, an Irish Immigrant, to work in his shop. After doing business with the Chicago Tribune, Rand and McNally were hired to run the Tribune's entire printing operation. Years later, Rand and McNally established Rand McNally & Co after purchasing the Tribune's printing business. They focused mainly on printing tickets, complete railroad guides and timetables for the booming railroad industry around the city. What made the company successful was the detailed maps of roadways, along with directions to certain places. Rand McNally was the first major map publisher to embrace a system of numbered highways and erected many of the roadside highway signs that have been adopted by state and federal highway authorities. The company is still making and updating the world maps that are looked at every day.

Name Meaning

Scottish, northern English, and northern Irish: unexplained. Possibly a variant of Stott .

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

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Sources (3)

  • Mary Lind in household of Mathew Lind, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Mary Lind in household of Mathew Lind, "United States Census, 1880"
  • Mary M. Stitt in entry for Williard W. Lind and Lulu M. Hensley, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1934"

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