Mary Lily Aycock

Brief Life History of Mary Lily

When Mary Lily Aycock was born on 1 October 1893, in Wayne, North Carolina, United States, her father, Governor Charles Brantley Aycock, was 33 and her mother, Cora Lily Woodard, was 23. She married Major Lennox Polk McLendon on 25 June 1917, in Raleigh, Wake, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Greensboro, Guilford, North Carolina, United States in 1940 and Greensboro, Greene, Georgia, United States in 1956. She died on 3 September 1982, in High Point, Guilford, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Greensboro, Guilford, North Carolina, United States.

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Family Time Line

Major Lennox Polk McLendon
1890–1968
Mary Lily Aycock
1893–1982
Marriage: 25 June 1917
Mary Louise McLendon
1918–2010
Lennox Polk McLendon Jr
1921–2010
Charles Aycock McLendon
1923–2008
Dr William Woodard McLendon Sr
1931–
John Aycock McClendon
1933–2024

Sources (30)

  • Mary L Acock in household of Charles V Acock, "United States Census, 1910"
  • Mary L Aycock, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 "
  • Mary Lily Aycock McLendon, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

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.

1897 · First Bill for Women Suffrage

In 1897, Senator J.L. Hyatt introduced the woman suffrage bill in North Carolina. The bill did not make it past the committee.

1917

U.S. intervenes in World War I, rejects membership of League of Nations.

Name Meaning

English: from a pet form of any of various personal names beginning with A-. It is generally a pet form of a pet form, i.e. from a pet form of Adam such as Ade or Aitkin + the Middle English hypocoristic suffix -cok (see Cocke ), which was very commonly added to personal names in Middle English. Aycock is primarily a variant of Adcock with loss of d. Compare Alcock , Hancock , and Wilcock .

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

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