Brief Life History of Mary
When Mary Harden was born on 23 January 1818, in Chattooga, Georgia, United States, her father, Benjamin Cook Hardin, was 25 and her mother, Elizabeth Hearn, was 18. She married Robert Musgrove Guthrey on 13 August 1835, in Walton, Georgia, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Lookout, Walker, Georgia, United States in 1850 and Pond Spring, Walker, Georgia, United States in 1860. She died on 6 August 1861, at the age of 43, and was buried in Subligna, Chattooga, Georgia, United States.
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- Mary Guthrey in household of Robert M Guthrey, "United States Census, 1860"
- Mary Harden, "Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950"
- Mary Hardie in entry for D. M. Guthrie, "Tennessee Deaths, 1914-1966"
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1819 · Panic! of 1819
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
1820 · Making States Equal
The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.
1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Arden with prosthetic H-.
English: habitational name, either from Haredene Wood in East Tisbury (Wiltshire), or from Haredon (in Ugborough, Devon). The first placename probably derives from Old English hara ‘hare’ + denu ‘valley’. The second is from Old English hara + dūn ‘hare hill’.
English: variant of Harding .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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