Alfred Minton

Brief Life History of Alfred

When Alfred Minton was born on 1 February 1824, in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, United States, his father, William Hugh Minton, was 31 and his mother, Rhoda James, was 34. He married Sarah Frances Cook on 29 December 1853, in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Missouri, United States in 1870 and Randol Township, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, United States in 1880. He died on 22 February 1901, at the age of 77, and was buried in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, United States.

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Family Time Line

Alfred Minton
1824–1901
Francis E. Hempsted
1848–1919
Marriage: 2 February 1865
Charles Minton
1867–1897
Sabra Minton
1870–1956
Alvin Minton
1872–1896
Margaret Minton
1875–
Alfred Minton
1878–
Eddie Minton
1880–1892
Robert Wilson Minton
1883–
James Henry Minton
1886–1959

Sources (17)

  • Alfred Minton, "Missouri State and Territorial Census Records, 1732-1933"
  • Alfred Minton, "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991"
  • Alfred Minton, "Find a Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1825 · The Crimes Act

The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.

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.

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

Name Meaning

English (West Midlands): habitational name from a place in Little Stretton, Shropshire, so named from the ancestor of Welsh mynydd ‘mountain, hill’ + Old English tūn ‘farmstead, estate’.

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

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