Brief Life History of Mattie
When Mattie Hurt was born on 11 September 1861, in Marion, Perry, Alabama, United States, her father, Harrison Henry Hurt, was 35 and her mother, Mary Elizabeth England, was 22. She died on 25 June 1864, in her hometown, at the age of 2, and was buried in Marion Cemetery, Marion, Perry, Alabama, United States.
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- Mattie Hurt, "Find A Grave Index"
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1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1863 · The Battle at Gettysburg
The Battle of Gettysburg involved the largest number of casualties of the entire Civil war and is often described as the war's turning point. Between 46,000 and 51,000 soldiers lost their lives during the three-day Battle. To honor the fallen soldiers, President Abraham Lincoln read his historic Gettysburg Address and helped those listening by redefining the purpose of the war.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Hart . In Middle English, Old English heorot ‘hart’ became hurt west of a line running roughly from Dorking to Birmingham, and this has occasionally survived, though often replaced by the standard hart from hert.
German: topographic name from Middle High German hurt ‘hurdle, woven fence’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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