Brief Life History of Mary
When Mary Walters was born in February 1863, in Kentucky, United States, her father, Squire Walters, was 24 and her mother, Elzina Elgina Layman, was 18. She married James Pence Goff on 20 June 1888, in Hodgenville, LaRue, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Magisterial District 1 Hodgenville, LaRue, Kentucky, United States in 1900 and Encino, Torrance, New Mexico, United States in 1910. She died on 15 November 1910, in Muskogee, Muskogee, Oklahoma, United States, at the age of 47, and was buried in Green Hill Cemetery, Muskogee, Oklahoma, United States.
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- Mary Walters in household of Squire Walters, "United States Census, 1880"
- Mary Walters, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
- Mollie Walters Goff, "Find A Grave Index"
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1865
Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
1865 · The Assassination of a President
"While attending the play ""Our American Cousin"" in Ford's Theatre, actor John Wilkes Booth climbed up the stairs to the suite that President Abraham Lincoln and his wife resided. Once inside the suite Booth pulled out his pistol and shot The President in the head. In critical condition The President was carried out of the theatre for urgent medical attention. Unfortunately, Lincoln died the following day. Abraham Lincoln was the first American president to be assassinated, and his death caused a period of national mourning both in the North and South."
1876 · The First Worlds Fair in the U.S.
The First official World's Fair, was held to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia. 37 Countries provided venues for all to see.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Walter , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.
German: patronymic from Walter .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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