Brief Life History of Cora Matilda
When Cora Matilda Webster was born on 14 February 1860, in Madison, Rockingham, North Carolina, United States, her father, Benjamin Richard Webster, was 30 and her mother, Nancy Kinner Joyce, was 29. She married Hamilton Benton Tatum on 13 October 1861, in Madison, Rockingham, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Greensboro, Guilford, North Carolina, United States in 1910 and Guilford, North Carolina, United States in 1920. She died on 30 January 1925, at the age of 64.
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- Mrs Cora Tatenn, "United States Census, 1920"
- Tatum, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 "
- Cora Webster Tatum, "North Carolina Deaths, 1906-1930"
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1862 · Battle of Roanoke Island
On February 7, 1862, General Burnside's expedition started with the Battle of Roanoke Island. The battle was mostly fought by the Union and Confederate Navy's. This was a Union victory.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
Name Meaning
English and Scottish: occupational name for a weaver, from Middle English webbester ‘weaver’ (Old English webbestre ‘female weaver’). By the time of surname formation, the gender distinction of the -stre suffix had almost completely disappeared. Compare Webb , Webber , and Weaver .
History: The name Webster was brought to North America from England independently by several different bearers in the 17th and 18th centuries. One John Webster settled in Ipswich, MA, in 1635; another John Webster (died 1661), ancestor of the lexicographer Noah Webster, emigrated to Cambridge, MA, c. 1631 and later became one of the founders of the colony of CT, of which he was appointed governor in 1656. Daniel Webster (1782–1852), politician and orator, was born in Salisbury, NH, a descendant of Thomas Webster, a prominent 17th-century citizen of Ipswich, MA, whose family had settled there around 1635, while he was still a child.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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