Brief Life History of Abel Alderson
When Abel Alderson McFaddin was born on 25 July 1860, in Lebanon, Russell, Virginia, United States, his father, Jeremiah Boyd McFaddin, was 32 and his mother, Rachael Hanson, was 31. He married Nancy Elizabeth Martin on 13 October 1882, in Russell, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Kinderhook, Madison, Virginia, United States in 1910 and Kinderhook District, Washington, Virginia, United States in 1920. He died on 2 January 1936, in Johnson City, Washington, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Westhill Cemetery, Russell, Virginia, United States.
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- Abel C Mcfadden, "United States Census, 1920"
- A A McFadden, "Virginia, Library of Virginia State Archive, Births, Marriages, and Deaths 1853-1900"
- Able A. Mcfadden, "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940"
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1861 · The Battle of Manassas
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.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
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.
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Scottish and Irish: variant of McFadden .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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