When Marius Meres C. Debord was born on 13 September 1823, in Washington, Virginia, United States, his father, George Debord, was 39 and his mother, Abigail Cleveland, was 34. He married Mary Martha McClellan on 16 January 1843, in Shelby, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Union Township, Madison, Iowa, United States in 1880 and Madison, Iowa, United States in 1895. He died on 1 December 1897, in Patterson, Madison, Iowa, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in South Township, Madison, Iowa, United States.
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“The Virginia Housewife” was published by Mary Randolph. It was the first cookbook published in America.
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.
In 1844 when Robert Lumpkin bought land in Virginia, this would be the spot of the Infamous Slave Jail (or Lumpkin’s Jail). The slaves would be brought here during the slave trade until they were sold. Lumpkin had purchased the land for his own slave business.
Altered form of English Deborde , a surname of French origin.
French: habitational name, with the preposition de ‘from’, for someone from a place called Bord, in Creuse, or perhaps, from either of two places called Bort, in Puy-de-Dôme and Corrèze. Alternatively, a topographic name for someone who lived at the side of a road, river, or similar, from bord ‘border, edge’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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