Brief Life History of John H.
When John H. Bobbitt Senior was born on 25 December 1847, in Spartanburg, Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States, his father, George Washington Bobbitt, was 32 and his mother, Sara Littlejohn, was 23. He married Missouri Belle Barclay on 24 December 1869, in Decatur, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Washington Township, Decatur, Indiana, United States in 1900 and Greensburg, Washington Township, Decatur, Indiana, United States in 1910. He died on 2 June 1919, in Hillsboro, Prairie Township, Henry, Indiana, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Greensburg, Washington Township, Decatur, Indiana, United States.
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- John Bobbitt in household of Geo W Bobbitt, "United States Census, 1860"
- John H. Babbitt, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007"
- John H. Bobbitt, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
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.
1866 · The First Civil Rights Act
The first federal law that defined what was citizenship and affirm that all citizens are equally protected by the law. Its main objective was to protect the civil rights of persons of African descent.
Name Meaning
English (Suffolk and Somerset): perhaps from an unrecorded Middle English personal name Bobbet, which could be a diminutive of Bobbe (see Bubb ) or a rhyming form of the Middle English personal name Robet, a diminutive of Robert . However, Bob is not attested as a pet form of Robert before the 17th century.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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