Brief Life History of Mary Mae
When Mary Mae Cox was born on 31 December 1860, in Missouri, United States, her father, Joseph Cox Jr., was 22 and her mother, Sarah Hunter Peet, was 18. She married Thomas Layne Hankins on 29 March 1881. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Fishing River Township, Ray, Missouri, United States for about 10 years and Richmond, Ray, Missouri, United States for about 20 years. She died on 28 May 1937, in Rayville, Ray, Missouri, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Rayville, Ray, Missouri, United States.
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- Mary Cox in household of Joseph Cox, "United States Census, 1870"
- Mary Mack Cox Hankins, "Find A Grave Index"
- Mary Hawkins in entry for Henry Elmer Hawkins, "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.
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Cocke and Cook , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.
Irish (Ulster): mistranslation of Mac Con Coille (‘son of Cú Choille’, a personal name meaning ‘hound of the wood’), as if formed with coileach ‘cock, rooster’.
Dutch and Flemish: genitivized patronymic from the personal name Cock, a vernacular short form of Cornelius .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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