Felix Panther

Brief Life History of Felix

When Felix Panther was born in 1820, in Cherokee, North Carolina, United States, his father, Leonard Panther, was 35 and his mother, Lucy P Smith, was 30. He married Catherine "Kate" Taylor in 1838, in Grape Creek, Cherokee, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 7 daughters. He died on 21 February 1853, in Cherokee, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 33, and was buried in Ogreeta Baptist Cemetery, Murphy, Cherokee, North Carolina, United States.

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Family Time Line

Felix Panther
1820–1853
Catherine "Kate" Taylor
1823–1915
Marriage: 1838
Lucinda Cordelia Panther
1833–1910
Jane Panther
1847–1850
Allirille Panther
William Panther
1834–
Elizabeth Panther
1837–
David Panther
1843–1862
Mary Jane Panther
1844–1921
Alwilda Panther
1849–1910
Martha Ann Panther
1849–1906
Octavia Panther
1853–1934

Sources (5)

  • Felix Panther, "United States Census, 1850"
  • birth, death, marriage
  • Felix Panther, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (7)

1820 · Making States Equal

The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.

1820 · Making Land more affordable

"The United States law requiring full payment at the time of purchase and registration of any land. to help encourage sales and make land more affordable, Congress reduced the minimum price of dollar per acre and the minimum size that could be purchased. Most of this land for sale was located on the frontier which was then ""The West"". This Act was good for many Americans, but it was also over used by wealthy investors."

1830 · The Second Great Awakening

Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.

Name Meaning

German: variant of Panter 1.

English: variant of Panter 3.

Native American: translation into English (and shortening) of any personal name based on a word meaning generically ‘cat’, but more specifically denoting a ‘panther’; see Tiger .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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