When Archibald Stewart McElhose was born on 18 August 1835, in Pennsylvania, United States, his father, John McElhose, was 27 and his mother, Nancy Ballentine, was 22. He married Matilda Jane Wallace on 4 July 1858, in Morgan, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 9 daughters. He lived in Waterford Township, Washington, Ohio, United States in 1900 and Windsor, Morgan, Ohio, United States in 1910. He died on 26 June 1913, in Stockport, Morgan, Ohio, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Stockport, Morgan, Ohio, 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.
On March 27, 1836, the Kirtland Temple was dedicated.
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Some characteristic forenames: Irish Liam.
Irish (northern, mainly County Tyrone): Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Giolla Chomhghain ‘son of the servant (i.e. devotee) of (Saint) Comhghan’, a personal name composed of the elements comh ‘together’ + gan-, gen- ‘born’, hence a byname for a twin.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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