Brief Life History of Mary Ann
When Mary Ann Pauley was born on 2 September 1832, in Pittsylvania, Virginia, United States, her father, David Elvin Pauley, was 37 and her mother, Mary Ann Kidd, was 28. She married Absolom B. Miller in 1850, in Kanawha, West Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Kanawha, Virginia, United States for about 10 years and Washington District, Kanawha, West Virginia, United States for about 10 years. She died on 6 June 1902, at the age of 69, and was buried in Miller Cemetery, Sissonville, Kanawha, West Virginia, United States.
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- Mary Miller in household of Absolem Miller, "United States Census, 1860"
- Legacy NFS Source: Mary Ann Pauley - Government record: birth: 2 August 1832; ,Kanawha, Virginia, United States
- Mary A Pauley, "West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970"
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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.
1844 · Lumpkin's Jail
In 1844 when Robert Lumpkin bought land in Virginia, this would be the spot of the Infamous Slave Jail (or Lumpkin’s Jail). The slaves would be brought here during the slave trade until they were sold. Lumpkin had purchased the land for his own slave business.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
English: perhaps from an unrecorded Middle English personal name Pauly, or a pet form of Paul.
German: variant or a derivative of Paul . Compare Poley .
English (of Norman origin): habitational name from Pavilly (Seine‐Maritime, France).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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