Brief Life History of Ellen Florence
When Ellen Florence Bennett was born on 25 May 1862, in Anderson, Tennessee, United States, her father, Jeremiah Bennett, was 28 and her mother, Barbara George Meroney, was 19. She married James M May on 29 September 1878, in Anderson, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Civil District 6, Anderson, Tennessee, United States in 1900. She died on 18 October 1908, in Anderson, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 46, and was buried in Liberty Cemetery, Elza, Anderson, Tennessee, United States.
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- Ellen F May in household of Jmaes M May, "United States Census, 1880"
- Ellen Bennett, "Tennessee State Marriage Index, 1780-2002"
- Ellen Florence Bennett May, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1865 · Sultana Tragedy
In April of 1865, the steamboat the Sultana exploded. The Civil War had been over for awhile so this was considered the worst maritime disaster in US history. Compared to the Titanic where 1,512 people were killed, 1,8000 soldiers were killed on the Sultana. Confederate soldiers that weeks earlier had been fighting with Union soldiers were now fighting to save their lives.
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
Name Meaning
English: from the medieval personal name Benedict , from Latin Benedictus ‘blessed’. In the 12th century the Latin form of the name is found in England alongside versions derived from the Old French form Beneit, Benoit, which was common among the Normans. The surname has also been established in Ireland since the 14th century.
German: from a short form of the personal name Bernhard .
Altered form of French Benet or Bennet or of some other similar (like-sounding) French surname. Altered ending reflects the Canadian and American French practice of sounding the final -t.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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