Brief Life History of Mary Ida
When Mary Ida Avant was born on 17 March 1874, in Marion, South Carolina, United States, her father, Abraham N. Avant, was 49 and her mother, Ann Josephine Odum, was 34. She married William Evan Lewis on 24 July 1892. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Reeves Township, Marion, South Carolina, United States for about 30 years and Marion, South Australia, Australia in 1936. She died on 25 June 1950, in Mullins, Marion, South Carolina, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Mullins, Marion, South Carolina, United States.
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- Mary Herring, "United States Census, 1930"
- Mary Ida Herring, "South Carolina Deaths, 1915-1965"
- Mrs I E White in entry for Mr Thomas A Avant, "United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011"
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World Events (8)
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.
1878 · Liberian Exodus
April 21, 1878, around 206 African Americans boarde the ship Azor for Liberia.The cause for this is with the rise of political power, it makes life even harder for the African Americans.
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
Name Meaning
English (Devon): variant of Avent .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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