Genealogy for
Mary Jane Connell
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Mary Jane Connell
3/15/1852 - 1882
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Mary Jane Connell was born on March 15, 1852 somewhere in Florida and died about 1882 somewhere in Georgia. Actual date of death is unknown. She lived to be about 29 years old.
her parents were James Isaac & Harrett Connell. | 
 | Census | 8/13/1870 | Harrison GA (Decatur County) | 18 yrs old | Recorded as family #182: James Connell (age 48), Elizabeth (age 25), Henry (age 25), Alice (21), Jane (18), Emma (16), George (12), John (8), Thomas (6), and Rufus Connell (age 5). Jame was born in SC, Elizabeth in GA, and everyone else was born in FL. James estimates the value of his estate to be $6,000 and personal property to value $1,000.
James is a miller and Henry is working as a farm laborer.
| Additional information about Decatur County, GA around 1870: Map of Decatur County, GA created around 1865 -- five years before the 1870 Census. Click here to see a map from this timeperiod. | |
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| Marriage | 10/6/1870 | GA (Decatur County) | 18 yrs old | | William Sasser married Mary Jane Connell - Oct. 6, 1870 - #W B 84. |
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Mary Connell's life. These are only some of the major events that affected the life and times of
Mary, her family, and friends. For example, Mary is 3 years old when Third Seminole Indian War begins. It ends three years later when Chief Billy Bowlegs and his band are forced to move from Florida.
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1855 |
Third Seminole Indian War begins and war breaks out with most of the battles occurring in Central Florida. It ends three years later when Chief Billy Bowlegs and his band are forced to move from Florida. |
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1861 |
No Floridian's voted for Lincoln during the 1860 election. On Jan. 10, 1861, Florida seceded from the U.S. and joined the Confederate States of America a few weeks later. |
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1864 |
Battle of Olustee is a Confederate victory. Union troops pull back |
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1865 |
May 10th -- Union troops occupy Tallahassee. While Tallahassee was the only Confederate state capital east of the Mississippi River that had not been captured, Union troops occupy the capitol following the surrender of the major Confederate armies in the east. |
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1865 |
Battle at Natural Bridge (Wakulla County) is a Confederate victory. |
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1870 |
During the 1870s, the remaining Seminole Indians begin establishing trading posts and other economy with local settlers. |
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1882 |
The Florida Central and Western Railroad Company was created. It combines the Florida Central, Jacksonville, Pensacola, and Mobile railroads. |
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1853 |
Catoosa, Pickens, Hart, Dougherty, Webster, Flton, and Worth Counties aare creaated. |
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1854 |
Fannin, Coffee, Chattahooche, Charlton, and Calhoun Counties formed. |
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1856 |
Haralson, Terrell, Berrien, Colquit, Miller, and Towns Counties formed. |
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1857 |
Dawson, Milton, Pierce, Glascock, Mitchell, Schley, White, and Wilcox Counties formed. |
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1858 |
Clayton, Quitman, Banks, Brooks, Johnson, and Echols Counties formed. |
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1870 |
Douglas, McDuffie, Rockdale, and Dodge Counties formed. |
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1875 |
Oconee County formed. |
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1853 |
The process of creating steel is invented by Besermer in Britain and Kelly in the U.S. |
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1856 |
The first Neanderthal fossils are found near Germany |
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1859 |
Charles Darwin publishes "Origin of Species" and begins the evolution theory. |
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1865 |
Mendel publishes his papers on genetics and introduces the concept to the public. |
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1869 |
Cro-magnon Man fossils are found in France |
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1877 |
Edison invents the phonograph permitting music and voices to be recorded and replayed. |
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1879 |
Edison invents the electric light bulb. |
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1861 |
NEWS HEADLINES: American Civil war begins at Ft. Sumter, located in Charleston Harbor, VA. |
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1862 |
NEWS HEADLINES: May 20, 1862 the US government passes the Homestead Act to provide cheap land for settlement of lower Southeast and West. |
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1882 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Edison creates the first large power station in New York City, making it the first place in America to have electricity. |
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1855 |
Third Seminole Indian War begins. It ends three years later when Chief Billy Bowlegs and his band are forced to move from Florida. |
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1860 |
Presidential election puts Abraham Lincoln in office. The campaign has heated the issues regarding slavery in the south. |
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1862 |
May 20, 1862 the US government passes the Homestead Act to provide cheap land for settlement of lower Southeast and West. |
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1863 |
Abraham Lincoln issues the "Emancipation Proclamation" freeing slaves. |
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1865 |
American Civil war ends with General Lee's surrender at Appomattox, VA. Reconstruction begins in the "old South" |
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1868 |
An eight-hour work day is established for federal employees. |
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1875 |
Tennessee enacts Jim Crow law. |
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1876 |
The National League of Baseball is founded |
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Marriages
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 | William Sasser
Born on October 18, 1845 and died on April 18, 1907.
They were married 10/6/1870.
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The Children of Mary Jane Connell
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Julia F. Sasser
Born somewhere in Georgia on an unknown day in March 1876 and died in an unknown location about 1976. She was 99 years old.
She married John L. Taylor. They had six children: William,
Emma C.,
Maggie,
William F.,
L. O., and
John T.
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