Brief Life History of Mary Elizabeth
When Mary Elizabeth Reasons was born in 1831, in Wayne, North Carolina, United States, her father, John H Reasons, was 34 and her mother, Sarah May Cherry, was 24. She married John Wilson Powell in July 1847, in Hardeman, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in Hardeman, Tennessee, United States in 1850. She died in 1859, in Willisville, Nevada, Arkansas, United States, at the age of 28.
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- Mary Powell in household of John Reasons, "United States Census, 1850"
- Legacy NFS Source: Mary Elizabeth Reason - Government record: birth-name: Mary Elizabeth Reason
- Mary Reasons, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"
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1832 · The Black Hawk War
Convinced that a group of Native American tribes were hostile, The United States formed a frontier militia to stop them in their tracks. Even though Black Hawk was hoping to avoid bloodshed while trying to resettle on tribal land, U.S. officials opened fire on the Native Americans. Black Hawk then responded to this confrontation by successfully attacking the militia at the Battle of Stillman's Run and then left northward. After a few months the militia caught up with Black Hawk and his men and defeated them at the Battle of Wisconsin Heights. While being weakened by hunger, injuries and desertion, Black Hawk and the rest of the many native survivors retreated towards the Mississippi. Unfortunately, Black Hawk and other leaders were later captured when they surrendered to the US forces and were then imprisoned for a year.
1835 · The Hermitage is Built
The Hermitage located in Nashville, Tennessee was a plantation owned by President Andrew Jackson from 1804 until his death there in 1845. The Hermitage is now a museum.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
English (Somerset): variant of Reason , with post-medieval excrescent -s.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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