Brief Life History of Jefferson Banister
Jefferson Banister Pippen was born in May 1819, in Greene, Alabama, United States as the son of Banister Pippin. He married Margaret Farr on 13 March 1849, in Greene, Alabama, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Texas, United States in 1870 and Justice Precinct 4, Panola, Texas, United States in 1900. He died in 1900, in Gregg, Texas, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Mount Zion Cemetery, De Berry, Panola, Texas, United States.
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Sources (9)
- Jefferson Pippen, "United States Census, 1860"
- J. B. Pippen, "Alabama, County Marriages, 1809-1950"
- Dr Jefferson Bannister Pippen, "Find A Grave Index"
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1820 · Making States Equal
The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.
1820 · Making Land more affordable
"The United States law requiring full payment at the time of purchase and registration of any land. to help encourage sales and make land more affordable, Congress reduced the minimum price of dollar per acre and the minimum size that could be purchased. Most of this land for sale was located on the frontier which was then ""The West"". This Act was good for many Americans, but it was also over used by wealthy investors."
1844 · German Immigration to Texas
Over 7,000 German immigrants arrived in Texas. Some of these new arrivals died in epidemics; those that survived ended up living in cities such as San Antonio, Galveston, and Houston. Other German settlers went to the Texas Hill Country and formed the western portion of the German Belt, where new towns were founded: New Braunfels and Fredericksburg.
Name Meaning
German: variant of Pippin .
English (Somerset): variant of Peppin .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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