Genealogy for
Mary Ann Walker
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Mary Ann Walker
5/10/1840 - 2/1880
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Mary Ann Walker was born on May 10, 1840 somewhere in Georgia and died on an unknown day in February 1880 somewhere in Georgia. Dates for birth and death are estimated. She lived to be about 39 years old.
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Mary, her family, and friends. For example, Mary is 2 years old when Second Seminole Indian War ends and thousands of Seminole Indians are forced to move west of the Mississippi.
| Age | Date | Event |
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| 7 |
1847 |
Atlanta, Georgia is incorporated. Formally Marthasville |
| 10 |
1850 |
Gordon and Clinch Counties are formed. |
| 11 |
1851 |
Clay, Howell, Polk, Spalding, and Whitfield Counties are formed. |
| 12 |
1852 |
Taylor County formed. |
| 13 |
1853 |
Catoosa, Pickens, Hart, Dougherty, Webster, Flton, and Worth Counties aare creaated. |
| 14 |
1854 |
Fannin, Coffee, Chattahooche, Charlton, and Calhoun Counties formed. |
| 16 |
1856 |
Haralson, Terrell, Berrien, Colquit, Miller, and Towns Counties formed. |
| 17 |
1857 |
Dawson, Milton, Pierce, Glascock, Mitchell, Schley, White, and Wilcox Counties formed. |
| 18 |
1858 |
Clayton, Quitman, Banks, Brooks, Johnson, and Echols Counties formed. |
| 30 |
1870 |
Douglas, McDuffie, Rockdale, and Dodge Counties formed. |
| 35 |
1875 |
Oconee County formed. |
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| 4 |
1844 |
The first telegraph message is sent by Morse, who later invents the Mores Code |
| 13 |
1853 |
The process of creating steel is invented by Besermer in Britain and Kelly in the U.S. |
| 16 |
1856 |
The first Neanderthal fossils are found near Germany |
| 19 |
1859 |
Charles Darwin publishes "Origin of Species" and begins the evolution theory. |
| 25 |
1865 |
Mendel publishes his papers on genetics and introduces the concept to the public. |
| 29 |
1869 |
Cro-magnon Man fossils are found in France |
| 37 |
1877 |
Edison invents the phonograph permitting music and voices to be recorded and replayed. |
| 39 |
1879 |
Edison invents the electric light bulb. |
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| 21 |
1861 |
NEWS HEADLINES: American Civil war begins at Ft. Sumter, located in Charleston Harbor, VA. |
| 22 |
1862 |
NEWS HEADLINES: May 20, 1862 the US government passes the Homestead Act to provide cheap land for settlement of lower Southeast and West. |
| Age | Date | Event |
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| 2 |
1842 |
Second Seminole Indian War ends and thousands of Seminole Indians are forced to move west of the Mississippi. |
| 15 |
1855 |
Third Seminole Indian War begins. It ends three years later when Chief Billy Bowlegs and his band are forced to move from Florida. |
| 20 |
1860 |
Presidential election puts Abraham Lincoln in office. The campaign has heated the issues regarding slavery in the south. |
| 22 |
1862 |
May 20, 1862 the US government passes the Homestead Act to provide cheap land for settlement of lower Southeast and West. |
| 23 |
1863 |
Abraham Lincoln issues the "Emancipation Proclamation" freeing slaves. |
| 25 |
1865 |
American Civil war ends with General Lee's surrender at Appomattox, VA. Reconstruction begins in the "old South" |
| 28 |
1868 |
An eight-hour work day is established for federal employees. |
| 35 |
1875 |
Tennessee enacts Jim Crow law. |
| 36 |
1876 |
The National League of Baseball is founded |
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Marriages
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| John Cook
Born about 1837 and died about 1937
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The Children of Mary Ann Walker
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17 years old
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Willis Summerfield Cook
Born in Fayetteville, Georgia on May 10, 1858 and died in Campbell, Georgia on December 9, 1943. He was about 85 years old.
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