Brief Life History of Mary Virginia Armistead
When Mary Virginia Armistead Nowlin was born on 24 March 1853, in Cumberland, Tennessee, United States, her father, Armistead Shelton Nowlin, was 41 and her mother, Mary Eliza Ann Lanier, was 33. She married Sampson Witt Reeves in May 1867, in Sparta, White, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. She lived in White, Tennessee, United States in 1870. She died on 27 January 1896, in Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama, United States, at the age of 42, and was buried in Oakland Cemetery, Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama, United States.
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- Virginia Rieves in household of Mary E Nowlen, "United States Census, 1870"
- Virginia Reeves, "Hawaii, Marriages, 1826-1954"
- Mary Virginia Nowlin Reeves, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1862 · Battle of Shiloh
The battle of Shiloh took place on April 6, 1862 and April 7, 1862. Confederate soldiers camp through the woods next to where the Union soldiers were camped at Pittsburg Landing on the Tennessee River. With 23,000 casualties this was the bloodiest battle of the Civil War up to this point.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1865
Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
Name Meaning
Americanized form of French Nolin or Irish Nolan and Nolen . Compare Knowlin and Nowling .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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