Mary Jane Flowers

1831–June 1907 (Age 76)
Choctaw Corner, Clarke, Alabama, United States

The Life Summary of Mary Jane

When Mary Jane Flowers was born in 1831, in Choctaw Corner, Clarke, Alabama, United States, her father, Thomas D Flowers, was 35 and her mother, Elizabeth Rottenbury, was 16. She married Jesse Messer Flowers on 1 December 1853, in Wilcox, Alabama, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons. She lived in Western Division, Walker, Alabama, United States in 1860 and Dixons Mills, Marengo, Alabama, United States in 1880. She died in June 1907, in Monroe, Alabama, United States, at the age of 76.

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Family Time Line

Jesse Messer Flowers
1832–1862
Mary Jane Flowers
1831–1907
Marriage: 1 December 1853
William Jefferson Flowers
1855–1937
Thomas James Flowers
1856–1878
John Benjamin Franklin Flowers
1858–1941
Joseph Warren Flowers
1861–1952

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    1 December 1853Wilcox, Alabama, United States
    • Children

    (4)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (6)

    +1 More Child

    World Events (8)

    1832 · The Black Hawk War
    Age 1
    Convinced that a group of Native American tribes were hostile, The United States formed a frontier militia to stop them in their tracks. Even though Black Hawk was hoping to avoid bloodshed while trying to resettle on tribal land, U.S. officials opened fire on the Native Americans. Black Hawk then responded to this confrontation by successfully attacking the militia at the Battle of Stillman's Run and then left northward. After a few months the militia caught up with Black Hawk and his men and defeated them at the Battle of Wisconsin Heights. While being weakened by hunger, injuries and desertion, Black Hawk and the rest of the many native survivors retreated towards the Mississippi. Unfortunately, Black Hawk and other leaders were later captured when they surrendered to the US forces and were then imprisoned for a year.
    1836 · Remember the Alamo
    Age 5
    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.
    1863
    Age 32
    Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

    Name Meaning

    English: from Flower , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.

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

    Possible Related Names

    Flower

    Sources (5)

    • Mary J Flowers in household of Jesse M Flowers, "United States Census, 1860"
    • Mary Flowers, "United States Census, 1880"
    • Mary Flour, "Alabama County Marriages, 1818-1936"

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