Mary Ann Stevenson was born on 4 April 1810, in Virginia, United States. She married Mordecai J Howard on 26 March 1826, in Orange, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Lowndes, Mississippi, United States in 1850. She died on 24 October 1875, in Columbus, Lowndes, Mississippi, United States, at the age of 65, and was buried in Friendship Cemetery, Columbus, Lowndes, Mississippi, United States.
English: from the Middle English and Older Scots personal name Steven, Stephen (see Steven ) + -son. This surname is also very common in northern Ireland (especially Antrim and Down), where it has been interchangeable with Steenson and Stinson . In North America, this surname has also absorbed various European cognates, such as Danish, Norwegian, and North German Steffensen or Stephensen ; see also Stevens .
Scottish: variant of Stevenston, a habitational name from Stevenston (Ayrshire), Stevenson in Newlands (Peeblesshire), or Stevenson in Haddington (East Lothian). The placename in each case derives from the personal name Steven + Older Scots toun ‘farmstead, settlement’.
English: habitational name from Stevenstone (Devon), meaning ‘Stephen's farmstead’.
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