Brief Life History of Mary Thankful
When Mary Thankful Schnebly was born on 7 March 1851, in Knox, Ohio, United States, her father, John Andrew Schnebly, was 35 and her mother, Rhoda Ann Veatch, was 30. She lived in Pleasant Township, Knox, Ohio, United States for about 20 years and Mount Vernon, Lucas, Ohio, United States in 1919. She died on 27 June 1919, in Knox, Ohio, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in Mound View Cemetery, Mount Vernon, Knox, Ohio, United States.
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Sources (8)
- Mary Sunday in household of John Sunday, "United States Census, 1870"
- Legacy NFS Source: Mary T. Schnebly - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: Mary T. Schnebly
- Mary Thankful Schnebly, "Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953"
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World Events (8)
1860 · Ohio supports the Union side of the Civil War
Although divided as a state on the subject of slavery, Ohio participated in the Civil War on the Union's side, providing over 300,000 troops. Ohio provided the 3rd largest number of troops by any Union state.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment
Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.
Name Meaning
Americanized form of Swiss German Schneebeli or Schnebli: nickname for a white-haired man, from derivative of Middle High German snē, snēw ‘snow’. Compare Snavely and Snively .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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