Mary Ann Reid

Brief Life History of Mary Ann

When Mary Ann Reid was born on 7 November 1824, in Jasper, Georgia, United States, her father, Frederick Reid, was 29 and her mother, Dicey Goolsby, was 27. She married Thomas Erial Murphy on 16 January 1846, in Fayette, Georgia, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in New York City, New York County, New York, United States in 1855 and Douglas, Otoe, Nebraska, United States in 1860. She died on 24 September 1860, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 35, and was buried in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Thomas Erial Murphy
1824–1897
Mary Ann Reid
1824–1860
Marriage: 16 January 1846
Simon Frederick Murphy
1847–1924
James Harris Murphy
1849–1920
Lavonia Ann Murphy
1851–1875
Gideon Mann Murphy
1854–1938
Elizabeth Mary Murphy
1855–1940
Rebecca Caroline Murphy
1857–1860
Nancy Ellen Murphy
1860–1894

Sources (13)

  • Mary Murphy, "New York State Census, 1855"
  • Mary Ried, "Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950"
  • Mary Elizabeth Reid in entry for Mary Elizabeth Murphy Coughlin, "Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949"

World Events (8)

1825 · The Crimes Act

The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.

1832 · Worcester v. Georgia

In 1830, U.S. President Andrew Jackson signed the Indian Removal Act which required all Native Americans to relocate to areas west of the Mississippi River. That same year, Governor Gilmer of Georgia signed an act which claimed for Georgia all Cherokee territories within the boundaries of Georgia. The Cherokees protested the act and the case made its way to the U.S. Supreme Court. The case, Worcester v. Georgia, ruled in 1832 that the United States, not Georgia, had rights over the Cherokee territories and Georgia laws regarding the Cherokee Nation were voided. President Jackson didn’t enforce the ruling and the Cherokees did not cede their land and Georgia held a land lottery anyway for white settlers.

1835 · Treaty of New Echota

A minority group of Cherokees including John Ridge, Major Ridge, Elias Boudinot, and Stand Waite, signed the Treaty of New Echota which ceded all Cherokee territory east of the Mississippi in exchange for five million dollars. The majority of Cherokees did not agree and 16,000 Cherokee signatures were gathered to protest the treaty. Boudinot and both Ridges were killed several years later by angry Cherokees for signing the treaty.

Name Meaning

Scottish: variant of Reed , of which Reid is the common modern Scots spelling.

History: Samuel Chester Reid (1783–1861), the sea captain who designed the stars and stripes form of the present the American flag, was born at Norwich, CT. His father, Lt. John Reid, a former British naval officer of a distinguished Glasgow family, had resigned his commission and joined the cause of the American Revolution.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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