Brief Life History of Virginia Caroline
When Virginia Caroline Byrum was born on 8 October 1849, in Edenton, Chowan, North Carolina, United States, her father, Joseph J Byrum, was 34 and her mother, Elizabeth Privett, was 40. She married John Duncan Parrish on 1 September 1863. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 11 daughters. She lived in Township 2 Middle, Chowan, North Carolina, United States in 1880 and Township 1, Chowan, North Carolina, United States in 1900. She died on 13 September 1902, in Edenton, Chowan, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 52, and was buried in Beaver Hill Cemetery, Edenton, Chowan, North Carolina, United States.
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- Jennie Parrish in household of John Parrish, "United States Census, 1900"
- Jennie Parrish, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 "
- Virginia Caroline Byrum Parrish, "Find A Grave Index"
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1853 · First State Fair
The first state fair in North Carolina was held in Raleigh and was put on by the North Carolina State Agricultural Society in 1853. The fair has been continuous except for during the American Civil War and Reconstruction and WWII.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1865
Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Byron .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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