Brief Life History of Lamira Reid
When Lamira Reid Lazenby was born about 1849, in Iredell, North Carolina, United States, her father, Elias Pinkney Lazenby, was 30 and her mother, Mary Wilson Fitzgerald, was 25. She married James Greenfield Gaither on 31 August 1886, in Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Cool Springs, Iredell, North Carolina, United States in 1880 and Justice Precinct 1, Coryell, Texas, United States in 1900. She was buried in Gatesville, Coryell, Texas, United States.
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- Lemira Lazenby in household of E J A Lazenby, "United States Census, 1850"
- Lamyra Reid Lazenby in entry for Madie Gaither Doughtie, "Texas Deaths, 1977-1986"
- Lamira R Lazenby in household of E P Lazenby, "United States Census, 1860"
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1850 · Compromise of 1850
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.
1853 · First State Fair
The first state fair in North Carolina was held in Raleigh and was put on by the North Carolina State Agricultural Society in 1853. The fair has been continuous except for during the American Civil War and Reconstruction and WWII.
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 (northern): habitational name from either of the places called Lazenby in North Yorkshire (one near Northallerton and another near Ormesby), or Lazonby in Cumbria, all of which are named in Old Norse as ‘freedman's farm’, or ‘Freedmen's farm’, from leysingi ‘freedman’ (also used as a nickname and personal name; see Leising ) + bý ‘farm, settlement’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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