When James M. Stamper was born on 27 December 1834, in Grassy Creek, Morgan, Kentucky, United States, his father, James B Stamper, was 37 and his mother, Rebecca Osborne, was 19. He married Sopha Jane Amyx on 14 October 1858, in Morgan, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Morgan, Kentucky, United States for about 10 years and Magisterial District 3 Blue Ball, Clark, Kentucky, United States in 1880. He died on 25 January 1898, in Kentucky, United States, at the age of 63.
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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.
According to the 1850 census Kentucky was the 8th most populated state with 982,405 people.
Historical Boundaries 1858: Morgan, Kentucky, United States
English: occupational name from Middle English sta(u)mpere, recorded only in the sense ‘one who treads grapes’ but possibly also denoting one who crushed or pounded stuff or who threshed grain.
German: nickname for someone working at a crushing mill (see Stamp 1), or a habitational name for someone from any of the places called Stampe or Stampen.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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