Minerva Jane Bugg

Brief Life History of Minerva Jane

When Minerva Jane Bugg was born on 28 March 1845, in Mercer, Kentucky, United States, her father, John H Bugg, was 33 and her mother, Sarah Ann Algood, was 28. She married Daniel Risdon Smith on 13 May 1863, in Mercer, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Magisterial District 1, Mercer, Kentucky, United States in 1900 and Dixville, Mercer, Kentucky, United States for about 10 years. She died on 14 July 1924, in Mercer, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Dixville, Mercer, Kentucky, United States.

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Family Time Line

Daniel Risdon Smith
1842–1926
Minerva Jane Bugg
1845–1924
Marriage: 13 May 1863
Sarah ‘Sallie’ Smith
1864–1946
William Smith
–1900
Margaret Elizabeth Smith
1867–1950
Stansbury J Smith
1869–1900
William M Smith
1870–1952
Willis Calvin Smith
1876–1954
George T Smith
1878–1957
Lula Risdon Smith
1881–1973
Cordelia C Smith
1882–1955
Mary Alice Smith
1887–1967

Sources (14)

  • Minerva Bugg, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Minerva June Bugg, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
  • Minurva Bugg, "Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1967"

World Events (8)

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1850 · 8th Most Populated State

According to the 1850 census Kentucky was the 8th most populated state with 982,405 people.

1866 · The First Civil Rights Act

The first federal law that defined what was citizenship and affirm that all citizens are equally protected by the law. Its main objective was to protect the civil rights of persons of African descent.

Name Meaning

English: nickname for an uncouth or weird man, from Middle English bugge ‘hobgoblin, bogy, scarecrow’.

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

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