Brief Life History of Mahala
When Mahala Painter was born in 1862, in Missouri, United States, her father, Allen Painter, was 29 and her mother, Mary Ann Cox, was 28. She married John Wesley Wagoner on 6 March 1878, in Greene, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory, United States in 1900 and Claremore, Rogers, Oklahoma, United States for about 30 years. She died in 1949, in Oklahoma, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Claremore, Rogers, Oklahoma, United States.
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- Mahdla Wagoner, "United States Census, 1940"
- Mahala Painter Wagoner, "Find A Grave Index"
- Mahala Painter in entry for John Wagoner, "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991"
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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.
1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
Name Meaning
English: from Middle English peintour, painter, peintir, penter, pointour (Old French peintour, paintour) ‘painter of images (on walls, screens, shields, etc.), colorist (of statues, figurines, chests, etc.), artist’. In the Middle Ages the walls of both great and minor churches were covered with painted decorations, and Reaney and Wilson note that in 1308 Hugh le Peyntour and Peter the Pavier were employed ‘making and painting the pavement’ at Saint Stephen's Chapel, Westminster. The name is widespread in England.
Americanized form of German Bender . Compare Bainter .
Germanized or Americanized form of Slovenian Pajntar or Panjtar, topographic names from the field name Pajnta or Na Pajnti, which is derived from Middle High German biunt(e) ‘fenced agricultural land’ (compare German Paintner ), or perhaps from Bavarian Middle High German pant ‘band’ (compare Panter 4).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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