Brief Life History of Mozzelar
When Mozzelar Bain was born on 25 October 1862, in Horsehead, Columbia, Arkansas, United States, her father, James Calvin Bain, was 37 and her mother, Sarah Ann Tucker, was 27. She married James Firney Westbrook on 2 May 1878, in Miller, Arkansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Sulphur Township, Miller, Arkansas, United States for about 30 years. She died on 29 July 1929, in Kiblah, Miller, Arkansas, United States, at the age of 66, and was buried in Doddridge, Miller, Arkansas, United States.
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- Mozellar Westbrook, "United States Census, 1910"
- Legacy NFS Source: Mozellar Bain - Published information: Cemetery record or headstone: birth-name: Mozellar Bain
- Mozellie Bane, "Arkansas Marriages, 1837-1944"
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1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1864 · Skirmish at Benton
Confederate forces in Arkansas began an invasion of Missouri, while other Confederate sources probed the line around Little Rock. On July 6, 1864 the fourth Arkansas Cavalry tried to break the line around Little Rock one soldier was killed, eight were wounded, three went missing from the Union side and four were killed and six wounded from the Confederate side.
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
Name Meaning
Scottish, Manx, and Irish: nickname for a fair-haired man, from Gaelic bàn, Irish bán ‘white, fair’. This surname is common in the Highlands, first recorded in Perth in 1324. It is also found as a shortened form of McBain , from Mac B(h)eathain. As a Manx name (spelled Bane) this may be a shortened form of Manx Macguilley Vane, equivalent to Irish Mac Giolla Bháin ‘son of the fair youth’. Compare Irish Kilbane .
English (northern) and Scottish: nickname for a hospitable person, from northern Middle English beyn, bayn ‘welcoming, friendly’ (Old Norse beinn ‘straight, direct’).
English (northern) and Scottish: nickname from northern Middle English bān, bain ‘bone, leg’ (Old English bān, Old Norse bein), perhaps denoting someone with a gammy leg. In northern Middle English -ā- was preserved, whereas in southern dialects (which later became standard), it was changed to -ō-.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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