Brief Life History of James Harrison
When James Harrison Kirkham Sr was born on 11 January 1800, in Jefferson, Kentucky, United States, his father, Henry Kirkham, was 30 and his mother, Mary Gay, was 26. He married Elizabeth Ann Whitesides on 1 November 1835, in Jefferson, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. He died on 1 May 1857, in Kansas, Edgar, Illinois, United States, at the age of 57.
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Sources (16)
- James Kirkham, "United States Census, 1850"
- James Kirkham to Eliza Ann Whitesides, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
- William Kirkham in entry for Richard N B Kirkham, "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947"
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World Events (8)
1801 · Cane Ridge Revival
The Cane Ridge Revival took place for six days in Cane Ridge, Kentucky. From August 6, 1801- August 12 or 13, 1801, around 20 thousand people gathered together for what was called the Second Great Awakening.
1803
France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.
1818 · Jackson Purchase
The western part of Kentucky purchased by Andrew Jackson from the Chickasaw Indians in 1818. It became known as the Jackson Purchase. This included land that wasn't originally part of Kentucky when it became a state.
Name Meaning
English (mainly northwestern): habitational name from any of the places in Lancashire and East Yorkshire named Kirkham. The placenames derive from Old Norse kirkja ‘church’ + Old English hām ‘village, homestead’ or Old Norse heim ‘homestead, estate’.
Possibly an altered form of German Kirchham, a habitational name from either of two places called Kirchham, in Austria or Bavaria.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Kirkham's and the Poulter's
James Harrison Kirkham Sr. died in May 1, 1857. Three years later, the 1860 Census lists his wife Elizabeth Ann (Whitesides) Kirkham (40), along with her children William (23), James Jr (20), Eliza A …
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