When Mary McRee was born on 28 October 1820, in Copiah, Mississippi, United States, her father, William Charles McRee, was 52 and her mother, Mary McCorkins, was 40. She married George David Black Sr. on 18 December 1837, in Hazlehurst, Copiah, Mississippi, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 4 daughters. She immigrated to Utah, United States in 1847 and lived in Weber, Utah, United States in 1850 and Brigham City, Box Elder, Utah, United States in 1870. She died on 2 November 1906, in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Ogden City Cemetery, Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States.
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A United States law to provide financial relief for the purchasers of Public Lands. It permitted the earlier buyers, that couldn't pay completely for the land, to return the land back to the government. This granted them a credit towards the debt they had on land. Congress, also, extended credit to buyer for eight more years. Still while being in economic panic and the shortage of currency made by citizens, the government hoped that with the time extension, the economy would improve.
Historical Boundaries: 1827: Hancock, Illinois, United States
"In October 1845, the newspaper Times and Seasons published a poem written by Eliza R. Snow entitled ""My Father in Heaven."" It has become the well known hymn, ""Oh My Father."" The song is only one in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints hymnbook that referrs to a Heavenly Mother."
Scottish: variant of McRae .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Possible Related NamesMary McRee Brown was born October 17, 1819, in Copiah County, Mississippi, the daughter of William McRee and Mary MCCorkins. Her parents were of Scotch descent and had immigrated to Mississippi from N …
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