When Penelope Elizabeth Digby was born in 1834, in Bibb, Alabama, United States, her father, Wiley James Digby, was 24 and her mother, Lavina Fondren, was 24. She married Stephen David Meggs on 27 April 1854, in Perry, Alabama, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Election Precinct 8 Severe, Perry, Alabama, United States in 1860 and Dallas, Alabama, United States in 1870. She died on 11 June 1899, in Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States, at the age of 65, and was buried in Oakland Cemetery, Dallas, Dallas, Texas, 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.
Historical Boundaries: 1841: Nacogodoches, Republic of Texas 1846: Dallas, Texas, United States
On February 1, 1861, Texas seceded from the United States. On March 2, 1861, they had joined with the Confederate States of America.
English: habitational name from Digby in Lincolnshire, named from Old English dīc or Old Norse dík ‘dike, ditch’ + býr ‘farm, settlement’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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