Brief Life History of Bluford
When Bluford Fite was born in 1837, in DeKalb, Tennessee, United States, his father, Moses Fite, was 40 and his mother, Rebecca Avant, was 37. He lived in Manchester Township, Dallas, Arkansas, United States in 1850. He died on 21 July 1862, in Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas, United States, at the age of 25.
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- Bluford Fite in household of Moses Fite, "United States Census, 1850"
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1845
Historical Boundaries - 1845: Dallas, Arkansas, United States
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1861
Arkansas supplied an estimated 50,000 men to the Confederate Army andabout 15,000 to the Union Army.
Name Meaning
Americanized form of German Veit or Veith or one of its Dutch variants such as Feijt and Fijt.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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