Brief Life History of Silas
When Silas Hinton was born on 1 June 1844, in Sumner, Tennessee, United States, his father, John Hinton, was 43 and his mother, Jane H Barr, was 32. He married Rebecca A. Cummings in 1875, in Union, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 10 daughters. He lived in Lake Springs Magisterial District, Simpson, Kentucky, United States in 1880 and Sturgis, Union, Kentucky, United States in 1900. He died on 1 February 1929, in Webster, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Wheatcroft, Webster, Kentucky, United States.
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- Cylus Hinton in household of Cornelius Hinton, "United States Census, 1920"
- Silas Henton, "Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1965"
- Silas Hinton in entry for J C Bird and Sallie Hinton, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
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World Events (8)
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1846
Tennessee was known as the Volunteer State because during the Mexican War the government asked Tennessee for 3,000 volunteer soldiers and 30,000 joined.
1867 · Sorry Mr. President, You can't do that.
This Act was to restrict the power of the President removing certain office holders without approval of the Senate. It denies the President the power to remove any executive officer who had been appointed by the president with the advice and consent of the Senate, unless the Senate approved the removal during the next full session of Congress. The Amendment was later repealed.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of the many places called Hinton (for example, in Shropshire, Herefordshire, Gloucestershire, Somerset, Hampshire, and Northamptonshire). Some of the placenames, such as those in Northamptonshire, Shropshire, and Herefordshire, derive from Old English hīna, genitive plural form of hīwan ‘household, religious community’, + tūn ‘farmstead, estate’ (compare Hine as the first element). Others, such as those in Gloucestershire, Somerset, and Hampshire, derive from Old English hēan, dative form of hēah ‘high’ + tūn.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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