Brief Life History of Texanna
When Texanna Bennett was born about 1853, in Virginia, United States, her father, Jesse Lewis Bennett, was 53 and her mother, Nancy G Lyon, was 44. She lived in Southern District, Pittsylvania, Virginia, United States in 1860. She died on 26 May 1926, in Pittsylvania, Virginia, United States, at the age of 74.
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- Texanna M Bennett in household of Lee R Bennett, "United States Census, 1920"
- Texanna Bennett, "Virginia, Death Certificates, 1912-1987"
- Legacy NFS Source: Texanna Bennett -
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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.
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
Name Meaning
English: from the medieval personal name Benedict , from Latin Benedictus ‘blessed’. In the 12th century the Latin form of the name is found in England alongside versions derived from the Old French form Beneit, Benoit, which was common among the Normans. The surname has also been established in Ireland since the 14th century.
German: from a short form of the personal name Bernhard .
Altered form of French Benet or Bennet or of some other similar (like-sounding) French surname. Altered ending reflects the Canadian and American French practice of sounding the final -t.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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