Brief Life History of Carmella
When Carmella McClendon was born in 1849, in Pike, Gilmer, Georgia, United States, her father, Dennis McClendon, was 47 and her mother, Leah Selia Burroughs, was 39. She lived in Macon, Alabama, United States in 1850 and Ward Six, Ouachita, Louisiana, United States in 1870.
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Sources (2)
- Cornelia McClendin, "United States Census, 1870"
- Cosualla Mcclenden in household of Dennis Mcclenden, "United States Census, 1850"
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World Events (8)
1861
Civil War History - Some 11,000 Georgians gave their lives in defense of their state a state that suffered immense destruction. But wars end brought about an even more dramatic figure to tell: 460,000 African-Americans were set free from the shackles of slavery to begin new lives as free people.
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
Irish: variant of McClinton .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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