Brief Life History of Mary
Mary Willis was born on 20 June 1824, in Greene, North Carolina, United States. She had at least 6 sons and 2 daughters with Fleming S Osborne. She lived in Haywood, Tennessee, United States in 1860. She died on 31 July 1885, at the age of 61.
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- Mary Osborne in household of F S Osborne, "United States Census, 1860"
- Legacy NFS Source: Mary Willis - Government record: Census record: birth-name: Mary Willis
- Ancestry Family Trees
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World Events (8)
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.
1830 · Trail of Tears
In the 1830's, President Jackson called for all the Native Americans to be forced off their own land. As the Cherokee were forced out of North Carolina many of them hid in the mountains of North Carolina.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
variant of Will with genitival -s. This surname represents a retention of the second syllable, introduced by the addition of the Middle English genitival suffix -es, which would have been pronounced in the Middle English period. Compare Wills . In some cases the name is a variant of Willey , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.
variant of Willows .
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Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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