Brief Life History of Mary Etta
When Mary Etta Woodson was born on 4 July 1835, in Hanover, Virginia, United States, her father, John Peter Woodson, was 24 and her mother, Evelina Britton, was 20. She married William Quarles Lawrence on 16 December 1852, in Hanover, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Williamsville, Bath, Virginia, United States in 1870 and Henrico, Virginia, United States for about 20 years. She died on 1 March 1906, in Richmond, Henrico, Virginia, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Richmond, Henrico, Virginia, United States.
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- Mary E Lawrence in household of William Lawrence, "United States Census, 1870"
- Mary E Lawrence, "Virginia, Library of Virginia State Archive, Births, Marriages, and Deaths 1853-1900"
- Mary Etta Lawrence, "BillionGraves Index"
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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.
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.
Name Meaning
English (Yorkshire): habitational name for someone from Woodsome (a lost place in Batley), Woodsome in Farnley Tyas, or Wothersome, all in Yorkshire. The placenames derive from Old English wudu ‘wood’ + hūsum, dative plural of hūs ‘house’.
English (Yorkshire): from the Middle English personal name Ode, Odd(e) + son, with the addition of initial W-, a characteristic dialect feature in the south of Yorkshire.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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