Mary McRee

Brief Life History of Mary

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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Family Time Line

James Brown Jr
1801–1863
Mary McRee
1820–1906
Marriage: 16 July 1846
Mary Eliza Brown
1847–1903
Margaret Brown
1849–1855
Mary Ann Brown
1852–1927
Joseph Smith Brown
1856–1903
Josephine Vilate Brown
1858–1917

Sources (63)

  • Mary Dunn in household of Simeon A Dunn, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Mary McRee, Mississippi Birth of Mary McRee, Birth: 17 October 1819; Copiah, Mississippi, United States, daughter of Charles William McRee & Mary McCorkins
  • George David Black & Mary McRee Mississippi Marriage

World Events (8)

1821 · Financial Relief for Public Land

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.

1827

Historical Boundaries: 1827: Hancock, Illinois, United States

1845 · Oh My Father

"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."

Name Meaning

Scottish: variant of McRae .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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THE LIFE OF MARY MCREE BROWN

Mary 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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