Brief Life History of Myra Louise
When Myra Louise Baird was born on 14 January 1808, in North Carolina, United States, her father, P. William Baird, was 24 and her mother, Nancy Pullen, was 24. She married Spilsby Cocke about 1831, in Dickson, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Scott Township, Sharp, Arkansas, United States in 1870 and Lebanon Township, Sharp, Arkansas, United States in 1880. She died after 12 June 1880, in Sharp, Arkansas, United States, and was buried in Arkansas, United States.
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- Lemira Cook in household of Spilsby Cook, "United States Census, 1860"
- Myra Cox in household of Jas W Boyer, "United States Census, 1880"
- Misa Cocke in household of Spilsby Cocke, "United States Census, 1850"
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World Events (8)
1809
Humphreys County was created 19 October 1809 from Stewart County.
1812
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
Name Meaning
Scottish:
from a common pronunciation of Bard in Scotland.
occupational name from Gaelic bàrd ‘bard, poet, minstrel’, or of Gaelic Mac an Baird ‘son of the bard’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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