Timnah “Tinney” Jane Dikes was born on 12 September 1803, in Georgia, United States as the daughter of Dikes and ?. She married Timothy Anderson on 18 November 1821, in Pickens, Alabama, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Madison, Madison, Mississippi, United States in 1850. She died on 17 May 1853, in Mississippi, United States, at the age of 49.
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Lewis and Clark set out from St. Louis, MO to explore the West.
A barroom brawl in Savannah on Tuesday, November 12, 1811, had international impact. An American seaman boasted of having joined the crew of a French vessel, likely named La Vengeance. Others became upset at the idea of the American joining a foreign nation and a brawl erupted. The county coroner asked for peace but was beaten with clubs. A second clash occurred the following day when French sailors attacked five American seaman. A day after the second attack, twenty French sailors attacked six Americans. Four of them escaped but two were beaten and stabbed. Jacob Taylor died on the scene and a rigger named Collins died the following day. By Friday, a full scale riot erupted when the French crewmen arrested on murder charges were released. Many were arrested and French ships La Vengeance and La Franchise were burned. In the end, the incident caused disruptions in French-American relations and affected shipping and trade.
Mississippi is the 20th state.
English: variant of Dykes 1.
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