Brief Life History of Elizabeth Caroline
When Elizabeth Caroline Talkington was born in April 1849, in Washington, Arkansas, United States, her father, Allen Acock Talkington, was 38 and her mother, Elizabeth Malinda Nichols, was 39. She married James Valentine Sutton on 31 March 1869, in Anna, Collin, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Orange, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1880 and Orange Judicial Township, Orange, California, United States in 1900. She died on 11 October 1913, in Santa Ana, Orange, California, United States, at the age of 64, and was buried in Fairhaven Memorial Park, Santa Ana, Orange, California, United States.
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- Elizabeth C Fothington, "United States Census, 1850"
- E C Talkington, "Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977"
- Elizabeth Caroline Talkington Sutton, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1850 · Compromise of 1850
The United States Congress passed a package of five separate bills in an attempt to decrease tensions between the slave states and free states. The compromise itself was received gratefully, but both sides disapproved of certain components contained in the laws. Texas was impacted in several ways; mainly, the state surrendered its claim to New Mexico (and other claims north of 36°30′) but retained the Texas Panhandle. The federal government also took over the public debt for Texas.
1850
Historical Boundaries: 1850: Los Angeles, California, United States
1866 · The First Civil Rights Act
The first federal law that defined what was citizenship and affirm that all citizens are equally protected by the law. Its main objective was to protect the civil rights of persons of African descent.
Name Meaning
English (Lancashire): variant of Torkington, a habitational name from Torkington in Greater Manchester (formerly in Cheshire). The placename may derive from an Old English personal name Turec + Old English connective -ing- + tūn ‘farmstead, estate’. This form of the surname is rare in Britain and Ireland.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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