Mary Elizabeth Orrohood

Brief Life History of Mary Elizabeth

When Mary Elizabeth Orrohood was born on 30 April 1860, in Doddridge, West Virginia, United States, her father, Job Orohood, was 25 and her mother, Ester Ann Hech, was 25. She married Andrew Jackson Sloop on 31 January 1880, in Saline, Kansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in New Milton, Doddridge, West Virginia, United States in 1870 and Gypsum Creek Township, McPherson, Kansas, United States in 1880. She died on 19 February 1924, in Gypsum, Saline, Kansas, United States, at the age of 63, and was buried in Gypsum, Saline, Kansas, United States.

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Family Time Line

Andrew Jackson Sloop
1851–1939
Mary Elizabeth Orrohood
1860–1924
Marriage: 31 January 1880
Nellie Sloop
1881–1961
Ammie S. Sloop
1884–1973
Frank A. Sloop
1886–1962
Blanche May Sloop
1888–1979
Margaret F. Sloop
1892–1982
Frederick Major Sloop
1894–1968

Sources (11)

  • Mary E Orrahood in household of Hester A Orrahood, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Mary Orrahood, "Kansas County Marriages, 1855-1911"
  • Mary Orhood Orhood, "Oregon, Oregon State Archives, Death Records, 1864-1967"

World Events (8)

1861

Kansas is the 34th state

1861 · The Battle of Manassas

The Battle of Manassas is also referred to as the First Battle of Bull Run. 35,000 Union troops were headed towards Washington D.C. after 20,000 Confederate forces. The McDowell's Union troops fought with General Beauregard's Confederate troops along a little river called Bull Run. 

1877 · Nicodemus is Founded

The town of Nicodemus was founded by African-American migrants from Kansas in 1877.

Name Meaning

From Hebrew. See Maria and Mary .

Dictionary of First Names © Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges 1990, 2003, 2006.

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