When Joseph Day Bobbitt was born on 1 October 1820, in Pulaski, Kentucky, United States, his father, William Madison Bobbitt, was 23 and his mother, Permelia Smith Gragg, was 17. He married Polly Ann Barron on 28 July 1848, in Pulaski, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Pulaski, Pulaski, Kentucky, United States in 1850 and Talleyrand Township, Wilson, Kansas, United States in 1880. He died on 18 March 1910, in Sprague, Bates, Missouri, United States, at the age of 89, and was buried in Fairview Rider Cemetery, Osage Township, Bates, Missouri, United States.
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A United States law to provide financial relief for the purchasers of Public Lands. It permitted the earlier buyers, that couldn't pay completely for the land, to return the land back to the government. This granted them a credit towards the debt they had on land. Congress, also, extended credit to buyer for eight more years. Still while being in economic panic and the shortage of currency made by citizens, the government hoped that with the time extension, the economy would improve.
Historical Boundaries 1828: Pulaski, Kentucky, United States Historical Names: 1800: Higgins Station 1828: Adams' Mill 1879: Pulaski Station 1880: Pulaski
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
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.
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Possible Related NamesJoseph D. Bobbitt Birth: Oct. 1, 1820, Pulaski County, Kentucky, USA Death: Mar. 18, 1910 Sprague, Bates County, Missouri, USA Burial: Fairview-Rider Cemetery, Rich Hill, Bates County Missouri, …
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