William Carroll Suggs

Brief Life History of William Carroll

When William Carroll Suggs was born in 1826, in Alabama, United States, his father, William Hiram Suggs, was 26 and his mother, Mary Elizabeth Green, was 21. He married Drucilla Awtrey Bowling on 8 September 1859, in Itawamba, Mississippi, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Itawamba, Mississippi, United States for about 10 years. He died on 13 December 1861, in Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 35, and was buried in Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee, United States.

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William Carroll Suggs
1826–1861
Drucilla Awtrey Bowling
1840–1922
Marriage: 8 September 1859
Jerry Myre Suggs
1860–1945

Sources (6)

  • Wm C Suggs, "United States Census, 1860"
  • William C. Suggs, "Mississippi, Marriages, 1800-1911"
  • William C. Suggs, "Find A Grave Index"

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World Events (7)

1830 · The Second Great Awakening

Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.

1835 · The Hermitage is Built

The Hermitage located in Nashville, Tennessee was a plantation owned by President Andrew Jackson from 1804 until his death there in 1845. The Hermitage is now a museum.

1836 · Remember the Alamo

Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.

Name Meaning

English: variant of Sugg with genitival or excrescent -s. This form of the surname is now rare in Britain.

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

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