Brief Life History of Mary Estella
When Mary Estella Plants was born on 19 July 1898, in Mason, Mason, West Virginia, United States, her father, James Madison Lawson Plants, was 28 and her mother, Margaret Druscilla Knapp, was 23. She married Carl Otho Edwards on 24 December 1920, in Mason, West Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Cooper District, Mason, West Virginia, United States for about 20 years and Town District, Raleigh, West Virginia, United States for about 10 years. She died on 7 November 1956, in Beckley, Raleigh, West Virginia, United States, at the age of 58, and was buried in Beckley, Raleigh, West Virginia, United States.
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- Mary Edwards in household of C O Edwards, "United States Census, 1940"
- Mary E Plants, "West Virginia Births, 1853-1930"
- Marie E Plants, "West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970"
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1900 · Gold for Cash!
This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.
1900 · Giving Puerto Rico an American Welcome
A law that established government on the island of Puerto Rico and gave all Puerto Ricans citizenship. This law was replaced by the Jones–Shafroth Act in 1917.
1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress
Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.
Name Meaning
Americanized form of German Pflanz .
English (Lancashire and Surrey): variant of Plant with plural or post-medieval excrescent -s.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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