When Huldah Baxter Addington was born on 18 February 1843, in Scott, Virginia, United States, her father, Rev. William Addington, was 30 and her mother, Elizabeth Sarah Stallard, was 29. She married William Henderson Blankenbeckler on 10 December 1863, in Scott, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 9 daughters. She lived in Virginia, United States in 1870 and Johnson District, Scott, Virginia, United States for about 20 years. She died on 29 May 1907, in Nickelsville, Scott, Virginia, United States, at the age of 64, and was buried in Addington Cemetery, Scott, Virginia, United States.
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In 1844 when Robert Lumpkin bought land in Virginia, this would be the spot of the Infamous Slave Jail (or Lumpkin’s Jail). The slaves would be brought here during the slave trade until they were sold. Lumpkin had purchased the land for his own slave business.
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
The Battle of Manassas is also referred to as the First Battle of Bull Run. 35,000 Union troops were headed towards Washington D.C. after 20,000 Confederate forces. The McDowell's Union troops fought with General Beauregard's Confederate troops along a little river called Bull Run.
English: habitational name from any of various places called in Old English as Eaddingtūn ‘settlement associated with Eadda’ or Æddingtūn ‘settlement associated with Æddi’. Places so named are found in Northamptonshire, Buckinghamshire, Kent, and Surrey.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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