When Johnson H Hembree was born on 6 July 1849, in Gordon, Wilkinson, Georgia, United States, his father, Elihu Newton Hembree, was 39 and his mother, Eunice Mary Wofford, was 30. He married Malinda Wallace on 22 January 1872, in Prentiss, Mississippi, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Justice Precinct 4, Wise, Texas, United States in 1900 and Justice Precinct 7, Wise, Texas, United States in 1910. He died on 6 November 1926, in Bridgeport, Wise, Texas, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Eastside Cemetery, Bridgeport, Wise, Texas, United States.
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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.
Mississippi became the second state to leave the Union at the start of the Civil War in 1861.
Congress restored Texas to the Union on March 30, 1870, despite not yet meeting all of the requirements established for re-admittance.
Altered form of English Hembrey, a variant of Amery , with excrescent H-.
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