Brief Life History of Mary Jane
When Mary Jane Mills was born on 27 February 1851, in Chattooga, Georgia, United States, her father, John William Mills, was 23 and her mother, Jenette Ann Polina Murphy, was 29. She married Needham Griffin in 1887. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Mill Creek, Whitfield, Georgia, United States in 1900 and Dalton, Murray, Georgia, United States for about 10 years. She died on 5 February 1929, in Dalton, Madison, Georgia, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Dalton, Murray, Georgia, United States.
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Sources (10)
- Mary Mills, "United States Census, 1880"
- Mrs. Mary Jane Griffin, "Georgia Deaths, 1928-1940"
- May Mills in entry for Walton Candler Griffin, "Tennessee Deaths, 1914-1966"
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1852
Historical Boundaries: 1852: Floyd, Georgia, United States
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1872 · The First National Park
Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Mill 1, with excrescent -s added in post-medieval times. Compare Mullins , from a French equivalent of this name, and see also Milnes .
English: either a variant of Miles , a variant of Mill 2, with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s, or Myhill , with post-medieval excrescent -s.
Irish: this is usually the English name, especially in Ulster, but elsewhere in Ireland it was also adopted for the Gaelic topographic byname, an Mhuilinn ‘of the mill’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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