When William Thomas Whiddon was born on 5 January 1843, in Thomas, Georgia, United States, his father, Jared Irvin Whiddon, was 23 and his mother, Mary Ann White, was 21. He married Sinah Elizabeth Carter on 18 January 1871. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Thomasville, Thomas, Georgia, United States in 1880 and District 791, Mitchell, Georgia, United States for about 20 years. He died on 4 January 1929, in Mitchell, Georgia, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Pelham, Mitchell, Georgia, United States.
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U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Historical Boundaries: 1857: Mitchell, Georgia, United States
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.
English (Devon): habitational name from any of numerous minor places in Devon named Whiddon. Some are named with Old English hwīt ‘white’ + dūn ‘hill’ or tūn ‘farmstead, estate’; others with Old English hwǣte ‘wheat’ + dūn or denu ‘valley’.
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