Jackson Russell Caughron

Brief Life History of Jackson Russell

When Jackson Russell Caughron was born in July 1869, in Sevier, Tennessee, United States, his father, Isaac Decatur Caughron, was 42 and his mother, Mary A. Hicks, was 35. He married Katie Cowan on 3 December 1896, in Sevier, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Civil District 7, Jefferson, Tennessee, United States in 1920 and Knox, Tennessee, United States in 1930. He died on 1 May 1939, in Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in Piedmont, Grundy, Tennessee, United States.

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Jackson Russell Caughron
1869–1939
Katie Cowan
1876–1928
Marriage: 3 December 1896
Sidney Cannon Caughron
1897–1967
William Alvis Caughron
1899–1971
Mary Lucile Caughron
1902–1926

Sources (13)

  • Jackson Caughson, "United States Census, 1900"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Jackson Russell Caughron - Published information: birth: July 1869; Sevier, Tennessee, United States
  • J R Coughron, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"

World Events (8)

1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment

Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.

1878 · Yellow Fever Epidemic

When a man that had escaped a quarantined steamboat with yellow fever went to a restaurant he infected Kate Bionda the owner. This was the start of the yellow fever epidemic in Memphis, Tennessee. By the end of the epidemic 5,200 of the residence would die.

1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act

This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.

Name Meaning

Altered form of Scottish Cochran .

Shortened and altered form of Irish McCaghren .

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

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