♀ 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

marriage


Jeremiah Franklin Jenkins
Kentucky, USA ⇓
A David Cravens signed their marriage contract.
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1836 Convention of 1836: Delegates from many Texas communities gather in Washington-on-the-Brazos, Texas, to deliberate independence from Mexico.

1838


Aug 1
Age: 24y
1838 • The Boers win a decisive victory over the Zulus in the Battle of Blood River.

1840


Mar 5
Age: 25y
1840 Maronite leader Bashir Shihab II surrenders to the British forces and goes into exile in Malta.

1843


Sep 10
Age: 29y

1845


Nov 26
Age: 31y
1845 • The Republic of Yucatán separates for a second time from Mexico.

1848


Feb 20
Age: 33y
1848 John C. Frémont is court-martialed on grounds of mutiny and disobeying orders. The verdict is set aside by the President of the United States, but Fremont retires to California Territory.

1850


Age: 35y
1850 • The first settlers for the settlement of Christchurch arrive at the Port of Lyttelton (New Zealand).

1852


Jan 1
Age: 37y
1852 Antioch College was founded. Its first president was Horace Mann.

1854


Apr 10
Age: 39y

1860


Aug 9
Age: 46y
1860 Battle of Milazzo: The forces of Giuseppe Garibaldi defeat royal Neapolitan forces near Messina, bringing nearly all of Sicily under Garibaldi's control.

1861


Age: 46y
1861 • American Civil War: President Abraham Lincoln issues a Proclamation calling for 75,000 men to confront in the South, "combinations too powerful to be suppressed in the ordinary way".

1900


Age: 85y

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

1906


Oct 16
Age: 92y
1906 • Russian Prime Minister Pyotr Stolypin introduces agrarian reforms aimed at creating a large class of land-owning peasants.

1906

1906 • A United States diplomatic crisis with Japan arises when the San Francisco public school board orders Japanese students to be taught in racially segregated schools.

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