When Mary Jane Richardson was born on 18 March 1845, in Virginia, United States, her father, Jewell Richardson, was 21 and her mother, Margaret Elizabeth Maddox, was 16. She married John E. Garnett on 6 February 1868, in Kanawha, West Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Montgomery, Virginia, United States in 1860 and Union District, Kanawha, West Virginia, United States for about 10 years. She died on 28 August 1882, in Kanawha, West Virginia, United States, at the age of 37.
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U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Hollywood Cemetery was established in 1847 in Richmond Virginia. This is where Presidents James Monroe and John Tyler are buried. During the Civil War it became the largest military interments and a large section dedicated to military burials. Jefferson Davis a well known Confederate is also buried here. Many other notable people are also buried here.
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
English: patronymic from the Middle English personal name Richard + -son. This surname is also very common among African Americans. Compare Ritson .
Americanized form (and a Swedish variant) of Swedish Richardsson or Rikardsson: patronymic from the personal name Richard , Rikard.
Americanized form of Norwegian and Danish Richardsen or Norwegian Rikardsen, cognates of 2 above.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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