When James E Lanham was born about 1835, in Virginia, United States, his father, Samuel Lanham, was 36 and his mother, Mary V Gibbs, was 22. He married Charity Shahan on 19 December 1855, in Harrison, West Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Sardis, Harrison, West Virginia, United States for about 10 years and Sardis District, Harrison, West Virginia, United States in 1900. He died on 28 May 1917, at the age of 83, and was buried in Marshville, Harrison, West Virginia, United States.
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Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
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.
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 (Suffolk and Essex): habitational name from Lavenham (Suffolk). The placename derives from the Old English personal name Lāfa (genitive Lāfan) + Old English hām ‘village, homestead’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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