Leedom Family Tree » Mary Lester (1785-1864)

Personal data Mary Lester 

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Household of Mary Lester

She is married to James Lewis Harmon.

They got married in the year 1801 at Lafayette County Mississippi, she was 15 years old.


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Ancestors (and descendant) of Mary Lester

Peter Lester
1760-1808
Jane Ruble
1766-1835

Mary Lester
1785-1864

1801

James Lewis Harmon
1784-1835

Rachel Philora Ann Harmon
1826-1893

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Sources

  1. Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree
    http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=73104272&pid=470
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  2. 1850 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, Source Citation: Year: 1850; Census Place: Lafayette, Mississippi; Roll: M432_375; Page: 306A; Image: 168
    Name: Mary Lester residence date: 1850 residence place: Lafayette, Mississippi birth date: 21 Sep 1785 birth place: Newberry, South Carolina, United States
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  3. Mississippi, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1805-1890, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
  4. U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
  5. 1860 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, Source Citation: Year: 1860; Census Place: Lafayette, Mississippi; Roll: M653_585; Page: 191; Image: 195; Family History Library Film: 803585
    birth date: 21 Sep 1785 birth place: Newberry, South Carolina, United States residence date: 1860 residence place: Lafayette, Mississippi, United States Name: Mary Lester
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Historical events

Birthday September 21, 1785

  • The temperature on September 21, 1785 was about 17.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south by west. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
  • Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1785: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 7 » Frenchman Jean-Pierre Blanchard and American John Jeffries travel from Dover, England, to Calais, France, in a gas balloon.
    • January 20 » Invading Siamese forces attempt to exploit the political chaos in Vietnam, but are ambushed and annihilated at the Mekong river by the Tây Sơn in the Battle of Rạch Gầm-Xoài Mút.
    • January 27 » The University of Georgia is founded, the first public university in the United States.
    • November 28 » The first Treaty of Hopewell is signed, by which the United States acknowledges Cherokee lands in what is now East Tennessee.

Day of death October 23, 1864

  • The temperature on October 23, 1864 was about 12.6 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 18 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 63%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from February 1, 1862 to February 10, 1866 the cabinet Thorbecke II, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1864: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • March 15 » American Civil War: The Red River Campaign: U.S. Navy fleet arrives at Alexandria, Louisiana.
    • April 29 » Theta Xi fraternity is founded at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, the only fraternity to be founded during the American Civil War.
    • May 7 » The world's oldest surviving clipper ship, the City of Adelaide is launched by William Pile, Hay and Co. in Sunderland, England, for transporting passengers and goods between Britain and Australia.
    • May 29 » Emperor Maximilian I of Mexico arrives in Mexico for the first time.
    • August 5 » American Civil War: The Battle of Mobile Bay begins at Mobile Bay near Mobile, Alabama, Admiral David Farragut leads a Union flotilla through Confederate defenses and seals one of the last major Southern ports.
    • November 25 » American Civil War: A group of Confederate operatives calling themselves the Confederate Army of Manhattan starts fires in more than 20 locations in an unsuccessful attempt to burn down New York City.


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