Mary Holt

Brief Life History of Mary

When Mary Holt was born in 1834, in Bedford, Tennessee, United States, her father, Joshua Holt Jr, was 47 and her mother, Kaziah Burrow, was 38. She lived in Bedford, Bedford, Tennessee, United States in 1850. She died in 1881, in Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas, United States, at the age of 47.

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Broyles
1830–
Mary Holt
1834–1881

Sources (2)

  • Mary Holt in household of Joshua Holt, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Holt Family Bible Records typescript image (2 pages)

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World Events (6)

1835 · The Hermitage is Built

The Hermitage located in Nashville, Tennessee was a plantation owned by President Andrew Jackson from 1804 until his death there in 1845. The Hermitage is now a museum.

1836 · Remember the Alamo

Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.

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.

Name Meaning

English, North German, Dutch, Danish, and Norwegian: topographic name for someone who lived in or by a small wood, from Middle English, Middle Low German, Danish, and Norwegian holt, or a habitational name from one of the many places called with this word. In England, the surname is widely distributed, but more common in Lancashire and Yorkshire than elsewhere.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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