Brief Life History of Mary
When Mary Hefner was born in 1820, in Lincoln, North Carolina, United States, her father, Jacob Hefner, was 43 and her mother, Ann Elizabeth Deal, was 43.
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Family Time Line
Jacob Hefner
1777–1863
Ann Elizabeth Deal
1777–
Elizabeth Hefnar
1801–1882
Jacob Hefner
1801–
Daniel Hefner
1814–1901
Henry Hefner
1820–
William Hefner
1820–
Catherine Catherina Hefner
1806–1883
George Hefner
1813–1901
Sarah Lucinda Hefner
1819–1897
Elizabeth Hefner
1820–1902
Mary Hefner
1820–
Noah Hefner
1821–1913
Leah Hefner
1825–1887
Elcanah Rufus Hefner
1827–1864
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Parents and Siblings
1777–1863 Male
1777– Female
Siblings (13)
1801–1882 Female
1801– Male
1806–1883 Female
1813–1901 Male
1814–1901 Male
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World Events (3)
1820 · Making States Equal
Age 0
The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.
1820 · Making Land more affordable
Age 0
"The United States law requiring full payment at the time of purchase and registration of any land. to help encourage sales and make land more affordable, Congress reduced the minimum price of dollar per acre and the minimum size that could be purchased. Most of this land for sale was located on the frontier which was then ""The West"". This Act was good for many Americans, but it was also over used by wealthy investors."
1830 · Trail of Tears
Age 10
In the 1830's, President Jackson called for all the Native Americans to be forced off their own land. As the Cherokee were forced out of North Carolina many of them hid in the mountains of North Carolina.
Name Meaning
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): occupational name for a potter (see Hafner ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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