Maryann James

Brief Life History of Maryann

When Maryann James was born on 13 March 1824, in Indiana, United States, her father, Joseph A James, was 24 and her mother, Margaret Parks, was 27. She married Samuel Staples on 12 March 1837. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She lived in Bear Creek Township, Hancock, Illinois, United States in 1880 and McPherson Township, Pratt, Kansas, United States in 1900. She died on 30 June 1904, in Pratt, Pratt, Kansas, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Greenlawn Cemetery, Pratt, Pratt, Kansas, United States.

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Family Time Line

Samuel Staples
1818–1882
Maryann James
1824–1904
Marriage: 12 March 1837
Elizabeth Staples
1842–1871
Margaret Ellen Staples
1844–1846
John William Staples
1855–1931

Sources (7)

  • Mary A Staples in household of Samuel Staples, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Mary Ann James, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007"
  • Maryann James Staples, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1825 · The Crimes Act

The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.

1832 · Black Hawk War

The Black Hawk War was a brief conflict between the United States and Native Americans led by Black Hawk, a Sauk leader. The war erupted soon after Black Hawk and a group of other tribes, known as the "British Band", crossed the Mississippi River, into Illinois, from Iowa Indian Territory in April 1832. Black Hawk's motives were ambiguous, but records show that he was hoping to avoid bloodshed while resettling on tribal land that had been given to the United States in the 1804 Treaty of St. Louis.

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

Name Meaning

English and Welsh: from the Middle English personal name James. Introduced to England by the Normans, this is an Old French form of Late Latin Iacomus, a variant of Latin Iacobus, Greek Iakōbos, the New Testament rendering of Hebrew Ya‘aqob (see Jacob ). The medieval Latin (Vulgate) Bible distinguished between Old Testament Iacob (which was uninflected) and New Testament Iacobus (with inflections). The latter developed into James in medieval French. The distinction was carried over into the King James Bible of 1611, and Jacob and James remain as separate names in English usage. Most European languages, however, make no such distinction, so that forms such as French Jacques , stand for both the Old and the New Testament names. This surname is also very common among African Americans. Compare Jack .

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

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