Brief Life History of William Betts
When William Betts Bragg was born on 30 March 1855, in Lunenburg, Virginia, United States, his father, David Blackstone Bragg, was 47 and his mother, Sarah G Keeton, was 32. He married Nannie Etta Roach on 23 December 1885, in Lunenburg, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Darvills, Dinwiddie, Virginia, United States in 1880 and Lewiston District, Lunenburg, Virginia, United States for about 30 years. He died on 30 March 1936, in Lunenburg, Virginia, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Lunenburg, Lunenburg, Virginia, United States.
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- W Bill Bragg, "United States Census, 1930"
- W. B. Bragg, "Virginia, Library of Virginia State Archive, Births, Marriages, and Deaths 1853-1900"
- Wm. B. Bragg, "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940"
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1861 · The Battle of Manassas
The Battle of Manassas is also referred to as the First Battle of Bull Run. 35,000 Union troops were headed towards Washington D.C. after 20,000 Confederate forces. The McDowell's Union troops fought with General Beauregard's Confederate troops along a little river called Bull Run.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
Name Meaning
English: nickname from Middle English brag(ge) ‘ostentatious, proud; spirited, brave’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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