Jacob Findley Bruton

Brief Life History of Jacob Findley

When Jacob Findley Bruton was born on 28 September 1817, in Tennessee, United States, his father, John Bruton, was 24 and his mother, Ann Wilson, was 22. He married Sarah Ann Williams on 4 September 1838, in Crooked Creek Township, Carroll, Arkansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Crooked Creek Township, Carroll, Arkansas, United States for about 10 years. He died on 17 April 1864, in Crooked Creek Township, Boone, Arkansas, United States, at the age of 46.

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Family Time Line

Jacob Findley Bruton
1817–1864
Sarah Ann Williams
1822–1890
Marriage: 4 September 1838
Martha Ann Bruton
1838–1908
Eliza Jane Bruton
1841–1906
Robert Findley Bruton
1845–1904
John Harrell Bruton
1848–1916
Mollie M. Bruton
1850–
Caswell Columbus Bruton
1852–1932
Rebecca G Bruton
1855–1921
William H. R. Bruton
1860–
Sarah P. Bruton
1863–1958

Sources (4)

  • Jacob F Bruton, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Jacob Findley Bruton, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Jacob F Brewton, "United States Census, 1860"

World Events (8)

1819 · Panic! of 1819

With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years. 

1820 · Making States Equal

The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.

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.

Name Meaning

English: habitational name from Bruton in Somerset or Bruton in Whitchurch, Warwickshire. The Somerset example is named as ‘settlement (Old English tūn) on the Brue river’. The river name is derived from a British element cognate with Welsh bryw ‘brisk, vigorous’. Bruton in Warwickshire is from Old English brōc ‘brook’ + tūn ‘settlement’. This surname is also common in Ireland, where it may be a variant of Brunton . Compare Brewton .

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

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