Brief Life History of Andrew Jackson
When Andrew Jackson Dozier was born in 1808, in Hughart, Greenbrier, West Virginia, United States, his father, Henry Dozier, was 40 and his mother, Elizabeth Hedrick, was 37. He married Mary Adella Robinson on 4 November 1840, in Chambers, Alabama, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in West Virginia, United States in 1870 and Williamsburg, Greenbrier, West Virginia, United States in 1880. He died on 30 November 1888, in Greenbrier, West Virginia, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Dozier Cemetery, Hughart, Greenbrier, West Virginia, United States.
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- Andrew J Dozier, "United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1860"
- Andrew J. Dozier, "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950"
- Andrew Dozier, "West Virginia Deaths, 1804-1999"
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1808
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
1819 · Alabama Becomes a State
Alabama became the twenty-second state admitted to the Union on December 14, 1819.
1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
Name Meaning
Altered form of French Dauge or Daugé or perhaps of some other similar surname. This surname is also very common among African Americans.
Variant of Doshier , a surname of German origin.
In some cases possibly also French: from Old French osier ‘osier, willow’, with fused preposition d(e) ‘from’, applied as a topographic name for someone who lived near a plantation of willows.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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