Brief Life History of Jemima
When Jemima Knowles was born in 1797, in Virginia, United States, her father, John Knowles, was 29 and her mother, Susanah Reed, was 27. She had at least 1 son and 5 daughters with Daniel Ross Cox. She lived in Mercer, Virginia, United States in 1850 and Wyoming, Virginia, United States in 1860. She died in September 1870, at the age of 73.
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- Jamima Cox in household of Daniel R Cox, "United States Census, 1860"
- Jamima Knowles, "Virginia, Marriages, 1785-1940"
- Jamima Knowles in entry for Daniel Cox, "Virginia, Vital Records, 1715-1901"
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World Events (8)
1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.
While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.
1812 · Monumental Church Built
The Monumental Church was built between 1812-1814 on the sight where the Richmond Theatre fire had taken place. It is a monument to those that died in the fire.
1819 · Panic! of 1819
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
Name Meaning
English: topographic name from Middle English knol(le) ‘knoll, hilltop’ (Old English cnoll) or from any of the many places (some lost) named with this word, for example Knowle (Devon, Dorset, Lancashire, Somerset, Warwickshire, and Yorkshire) and Knole (Kent, Sussex).
Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Tnúthghail (see Newell ).
English: variant of Noel , often, with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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