Brief Life History of Mary Elizabeth
When Mary Elizabeth Evans was born on 27 March 1862, in Lincoln, Tennessee, United States, her father, William Riley Evans, was 25 and her mother, Francis Elzira Waggoner, was 22. She married Martin Davis Marshall on 11 December 1884, in Moore, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Justice Precinct 1, Williamson, Texas, United States in 1900 and Justice Precinct 6, Williamson, Texas, United States for about 20 years. She died on 3 March 1940, in Williamson, Texas, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Jonah Cemetery, Jonah, Williamson, Texas, United States.
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- Mary Evans in household of W R Evans, "United States Census, 1880"
- Mary Evans, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"
- Mary Evans, "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976"
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1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1865 · Sultana Tragedy
In April of 1865, the steamboat the Sultana exploded. The Civil War had been over for awhile so this was considered the worst maritime disaster in US history. Compared to the Titanic where 1,512 people were killed, 1,8000 soldiers were killed on the Sultana. Confederate soldiers that weeks earlier had been fighting with Union soldiers were now fighting to save their lives.
1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
Name Meaning
Welsh: derivative of Evan , from Efan, Ifan, medieval forms of Ieuan (from Latin Johannes, the source of English John), dating from c. 1500, with the post-medieval patronymic suffix -s. Welsh Sion was a separate borrowing of English John, and Evan (Ieuan) and Sion developed as independent names.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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