Brief Life History of David
When David Milburn was born on 14 October 1829, in Kentucky, United States, his father, Mr. Milburn, was 26 and his mother, Mrs. Milburn, was 22. He married Elizabeth Jane Huffaker on 12 November 1851, in Jacksonville, Morgan, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Morgan, Morgan, Illinois, United States in 1850 and Eastland, Texas, United States in 1860. He registered for military service in 1862. He died on 12 July 1891, in Parker, Texas, United States, at the age of 61, and was buried in Dixon Cemetery, Parker, Texas, United States.
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- David Melburn, "United States Census, 1860"
- David Milburn, Marriage to Eliza Jane Hufaker (1851), "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"
- David Milburn, "Find A Grave Index"
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1830 · Louisville and Portland Canal Opens
The Louisville and Portland canal opened in 1830. It was a 2 mile canal. It helped with the barrier caused by the Falls of the Ohio River at Louisville by making a route around them.
1832 · Black Hawk War
The Black Hawk War was a brief conflict between the United States and Native Americans led by Black Hawk, a Sauk leader. The war erupted soon after Black Hawk and a group of other tribes, known as the "British Band", crossed the Mississippi River, into Illinois, from Iowa Indian Territory in April 1832. Black Hawk's motives were ambiguous, but records show that he was hoping to avoid bloodshed while resettling on tribal land that had been given to the United States in the 1804 Treaty of St. Louis.
1846
Historical Boundaries: 1846: Dallas, Texas, United States
Name Meaning
English (Northumberland, Cumberland and Durham): habitational name from any of the places in Westmorland, Northumberland, Somerset, Dorset or Wiltshire, all derived from Old English myln ‘mill’ + burna ‘spring, stream’. There has been some confusion with Melbourne .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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References to Eliza Huffaker Milburn family in "History of Texas Together with a Biographical History of Tarrant and Parker Counties"
"Eliza J. Milburn, widow of the late David Milburn, Parsons, Texas, was born in Morgan County, Illinois, May 13, 1831. "Her father, Jacob Hufacre, was a son of Jacob Hufacre, Sr., both of whom moved f …
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