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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- 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"
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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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