Brief Life History of Mary
When Mary Moorman was born about 1822, in Virginia, United States, her father, Thomas Clark Moorman, was 48 and her mother, Elizabeth Herdon Terrell, was 43. She married Jehu Yancey Lawler about 1846. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Alabama, United States in 1870. She died about 1887, in Franklin, Alabama, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Moorman Cemetery, Franklin, Alabama, United States.
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- Mary Lauler in household of Charles Lauler, "United States Census, 1880"
- Louella Lawler, "Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974"
- Mollie Mamon in entry for Lucy Little, "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976"
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1824 · "Mary Randolph Publishes ""The Virginia Housewife"""
“The Virginia Housewife” was published by Mary Randolph. It was the first cookbook published in America.
1825 · The Crimes Act
The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
1844 · Lumpkin's Jail
In 1844 when Robert Lumpkin bought land in Virginia, this would be the spot of the Infamous Slave Jail (or Lumpkin’s Jail). The slaves would be brought here during the slave trade until they were sold. Lumpkin had purchased the land for his own slave business.
Name Meaning
English (Isle of Wight and Gloucestershire): topographic or occupational name from Middle English more ‘moor, marsh, fen’ + man ‘man’, either in the sense ‘person who lives on a moor’ or ‘official who is responsible for an area of moor or the grazing on it’.
Dutch: variant of Moerman .
Americanized form of North German Moormann: variant of Mohrmann .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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