Brief Life History of Mary Byrd
When Mary Byrd Sluss was born on 12 August 1899, in Nolan, Mingo, West Virginia, United States, her father, John Henry Sluss, was 28 and her mother, Mary Maggie Goff, was 25. She married Earl Shelby Higginbotham in 1914, in West Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons. She lived in Clear Fork District, Tazewell, Virginia, United States in 1910 and United States in 1949. She died in 1988, in DeLand, Volusia, Florida, United States, at the age of 89, and was buried in DeLand, Volusia, Florida, United States.
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- Mary B Higginbotham, "United States Census, 1950"
- Mary Byrd Sluss Higginbotham, "Find A Grave Index"
- Mary Byrd Sleese in entry for E S Higginbottom, "Virginia, Bureau of Vital Statistics, County Marriage Registers, 1853-1935"
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1900 · Gold for Cash!
This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.
1901 · Maggie Lena Walker Opens Bank
Maggie Lena Walker was the first African American and woman to open a bank. She opened the St. Luke Penny Savings Bank on August 20, 1901. She encouraged the young people to start saving their pennies in her bank and when they hit a hundred pennies they could start a bank account with the bank.
1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack
Warrant G. Harding died of a heart attack in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.
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Possibly an altered form of Scottish Sloss or German Schloss .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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