When Franklin F Squires was born in 1842, in Flatwoods, Braxton, Virginia, United States, his father, Elijah Hedding Squires Sr, was 55 and his mother, Elizabeth Jane Gibson, was 39. He married Mary Jane Sisk on 12 February 1867, in Braxton, West Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Braxton, Virginia, United States in 1860 and Salt Lick District, Braxton, West Virginia, United States in 1880. He registered for military service in 1863. He died on 6 November 1890, in Braxton, West Virginia, United States, at the age of 48.
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In 1844 when Robert Lumpkin bought land in Virginia, this would be the spot of the Infamous Slave Jail (or Lumpkin’s Jail). The slaves would be brought here during the slave trade until they were sold. Lumpkin had purchased the land for his own slave business.
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
The Battle of Manassas is also referred to as the First Battle of Bull Run. 35,000 Union troops were headed towards Washington D.C. after 20,000 Confederate forces. The McDowell's Union troops fought with General Beauregard's Confederate troops along a little river called Bull Run.
English: variant of Squire , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.
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