Mary Jane Setzer

Brief Life History of Mary Jane

When Mary Jane Setzer was born on 9 September 1849, in Iredell, North Carolina, United States, her father, David Setzer, was 49 and her mother, Frances Thomas, was 40. She married James M. Patterson on 9 February 1870, in Iredell, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Hawkins, Tennessee, United States in 1860 and Tennessee, United States in 1870. She died on 8 April 1928, in Fallstown Township, Iredell, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Iredell, North Carolina, United States.

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Family Time Line

James M. Patterson
1841–1913
Mary Jane Setzer
1849–1928
Marriage: 9 February 1870
Fannie Eugenia Patterson
1872–1945
Alice A. Patterson
1874–1883
Lemuel Bruce Patterson
1877–1928
Van Doren Patterson
1880–1951

Sources (23)

  • M J Potterson in household of J M Potterson, "United States Census, 1910"
  • Jennie Setzer, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 "
  • Mary Jane Patterson, "North Carolina Deaths, 1906-1930"

World Events (8)

1853 · First State Fair

The first state fair in North Carolina was held in Raleigh and was put on by the North Carolina State Agricultural Society in 1853. The fair has been continuous except for during the American Civil War and Reconstruction and WWII.

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment

Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.

Name Meaning

German: occupational name for a market inspector or a tax official, Middle High German setzer, an agent derivative of Middle High German setzen ‘to set (prices)’.

Jewish (Ashkenazic): occupational name from German Setzer, Yiddish zetser ‘typesetter, compositor of typography’.

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

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