Brief Life History of Mary Ann
When Mary Ann Murray was born on 8 October 1862, in Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States, her father, Samuel D Murray, was 41 and her mother, Rachael L Harrelson, was 32. She married Benjamin Henry Faucett on 30 August 1884, in Atkins, Pope, Arkansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Galla Rock, Pope, Arkansas, United States in 1900 and Wilson, Pope, Arkansas, United States for about 10 years. She died on 10 February 1936, in Atkins, Pope, Arkansas, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Bells Chapel Cemetery, Atkins, Pope, Arkansas, United States.
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- Mary A Faucett in household of Henry B Faucett, "United States Census, 1930"
- Mary A Murry, "Arkansas, County Marriages, 1837-1957"
- Mary A. Murray Faucett, "Find A Grave Index"
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Children (9)
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World Events (8)
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1864 · Skirmish at Benton
Confederate forces in Arkansas began an invasion of Missouri, while other Confederate sources probed the line around Little Rock. On July 6, 1864 the fourth Arkansas Cavalry tried to break the line around Little Rock one soldier was killed, eight were wounded, three went missing from the Union side and four were killed and six wounded from the Confederate side.
1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act
A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.
Name Meaning
Scottish: habitational name from Moray in northeastern Scotland, which derives from Celtic mori- ‘sea’ + treb- ‘settlement’. The founder of the Scottish house of Murray was a Fleming named Freskin who was granted Strathbrock in West Lothian and Duffus in Moray by David I. The family took its name from the region in the late 12th century.
Irish and Scottish: shortened form of McMurray .
Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Muireadhaigh ‘descendant of Muireadhach’ a personal name meaning ‘mariner’. Occasionally it may be a shortened form of McMurray .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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