Brief Life History of Solomon Evline
When Solomon Evline Whetzel was born on 14 December 1856, in Rockingham, Virginia, United States, his father, Pierson Whetzel, was 29 and his mother, Nancy Chrisman, was 27. He married Ida Alice Turner in December 0006, in Rockingham, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Virginia, United States in 1870 and Plains District, Rockingham, Virginia, United States for about 10 years. He died on 21 June 1925, in Bergton, Rockingham, Virginia, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in Bergton, Rockingham, Virginia, United States.
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- Solomon Whetzel in household of John W Feathens, "United States Census, 1920"
- Solomon Whetzel, "Virginia, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Birth Records, 1853-1896"
- Sol. E. Whetzel, "Virginia, Bureau of Vital Statistics, County Marriage Registers, 1853-1935"
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1861 · The Battle of Manassas
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.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
Name Meaning
Americanized form of German Wetzel .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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