Brief Life History of William James
When William James Flatt was born on 8 April 1855, in Van Zandt, Texas, United States, his father, Alvin Albert Flatt, was 29 and his mother, Anna "Betty" Armanie Curtis, was 23. He married Locky A. Tipton about 1878. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Calf Creek Township, Searcy, Arkansas, United States in 1880 and Maxwell, Pontotoc, Oklahoma, United States in 1910. He died on 9 December 1910, in Pontotoc, Oklahoma, United States, at the age of 55, and was buried in Maxwell Cemetery, Pontotoc, Oklahoma, United States.
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Sources (8)
- Wm J Flatt in household of Albert Flatt, "United States Census, 1870"
- Legacy NFS Source: William James Flatt - Individual or family possessions: birth: 8 April 1855; Texas, United States
- William J. Flatt, "Find a Grave Index"
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1861
Arkansas supplied an estimated 50,000 men to the Confederate Army andabout 15,000 to the Union Army.
1861 · Texas Secedes from the United States
On February 1, 1861, Texas seceded from the United States. On March 2, 1861, they had joined with the Confederate States of America.
1870 · Texas Is Restored to the Union
Congress restored Texas to the Union on March 30, 1870, despite not yet meeting all of the requirements established for re-admittance.
Name Meaning
English (mainly East Anglia): topographic name for someone who lived on a flat, a patch of level or low-lying ground, from Middle English flat ‘level ground, plain’ (Old Norse flatr).
South German: variant of Flath 2.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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