Brief Life History of Caroline G.
When Caroline G. McNeill was born in 1836, in Hardy, West Virginia, United States, her father, William C McNeill, was 24 and her mother, Mary Elizabeth Hyder, was 21. She married William R. Chambers on 28 February 1857, in Allegany, Maryland, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She lived in Hardy, Virginia, United States in 1850 and Moorefield, Hardy, West Virginia, United States for about 20 years. She died in 1906, at the age of 70, and was buried in Moorefield, Hardy, West Virginia, United States.
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- Ca* G Chambers, "United States Census, 1900"
- Carrie G McNeill, "Maryland County Marriages, 1658-1940"
- Carrie C Chambers, "Find A Grave Index"
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1836 · Remember the Alamo
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.
1844 · Lumpkin's Jail
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.
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.
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Scottish and Irish (Ulster): variant of McNeil .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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