♀ Margaret Cravens

1814 - 1906

 

Mary, Conley

Margaret Cravens
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Parents
John C Cravens
John C Cravens
1760 - 1850
Mary Carlyle
Mary Carlyle
1773 - 1866
Spouse
Children
William Washington Jenkins
William W Jenkins
1838 - 1919
David Cravens Jenkins
David Cravens Jenkins
1840 - 1871
Mary Melvina Jenkins
Mary Melvina Jenkins
1841 - 1925
Eleven Jenkins
Eleven Jenkins
1843 - 1924
John Seldon Jenkins
John Seldon Jenkins
1845 - 1922
Rodney King Jenkins
Rodney King Jenkins
1848 - 1891
Priscilla Ann Jenkins
Priscilla Ann Jenkins
1852 - 1918
Siblings

Margaret and Jeremiah were married for 60 years, and had five sons and four daughters.  She was married previously to a Michael Conley.  Her sister Martha married Jeremiah's brother, George Washington Jenkins.

1836


May 25
Age: 21y
Jeremiah Franklin Jenkins - Find a Grave

marriage


Jeremiah Franklin Jenkins
Kentucky, USA ⇓
A David Cravens signed their marriage contract.
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1836 Samuel Colt receives a United States patent for the Colt revolver, the first revolving barrel multishot firearm.

1838


Aug 1
Age: 24y
1838 • Dissolution of the Federal Republic of Central America: Honduras and Costa Rica follow the example of Nicaragua and secede from the federation.

1840


Age: 25y
1840 William Hobson, the first Governor of New Zealand, suffers a stroke.

1841


Nov 28
Age: 27y

1843


Sep 10
Age: 29y
1843 • The first major wagon train headed for the American Northwest sets out with one thousand pioneers from Elm Grove, Missouri on the Oregon Trail.

1845


Nov 26
Age: 31y
1845 • In Annapolis, Maryland, the Naval School (later renamed the United States Naval Academy) opens with fifty midshipmen and seven professors.

1848


Feb 20
Age: 33y
1848 John Henry Newman founds the first Oratory in the English-speaking world when he establishes the Birmingham Oratory at 'Maryvale', Old Oscott, England.

1852


Jan 1
Age: 37y
1852 • United States statesman Henry Clay was the first to receive the honor of lying in state in the United States Capitol rotunda.

1854


Apr 10
Age: 39y
1854 Florence Nightingale leaves for the Crimea with 38 other nurses.

1856


Mar 24
Age: 41y

1860


Aug 9
Age: 46y
1860 • Garibaldi again defeats the Neapolitan forces, advancing on Gaeta, the last remaining Neapolitan strong-point.

1900


Age: 85y
1900 Boxer Rebellion: Peacekeepers from various European countries arrive in China where they join with Japanese forces.

1900


Age: 85y
Margaret Cravens - 1900 United States Federal Census

residence


Marshall, Saline, Missouri, USA ⇓
Living with her son John, who was a gardener. Both her parents are listed as being born in Virginia.
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1900 Philippine–American War: Filipino resistance fighters defeat a large American column in the Battle of Pulang Lupa.

1906

1906 • The Union Minière du Haut Katanga, a Belgian mining trust, is created in the Congo.

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