Henry Miles Lineberger

Brief Life History of Henry Miles

When Henry Miles Lineberger was born on 17 March 1848, in Gaston, North Carolina, United States, his father, Jonas L Lineberger, was 27 and his mother, Lanie Selena "Lena" Hoffman, was 18. He married Martha Jane Davis on 29 October 1889. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Catawba, York, South Carolina, United States in 1880. He died on 28 June 1916, in Gastonia, Gaston, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Gastonia, Gaston, North Carolina, United States.

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Henry Miles Lineberger
1848–1916
Martha Jane Davis
1864–1903
Marriage: 29 October 1889
Katherine Rebecca Lineberger
1890–1931
Dr. Henry Otis Lineberger Sr.
1891–1951
Miles Hoffman Lineberger
1894–1980
Julis Friedheim Lineberger
1895–1968
Lena Permelia Lineberger
1899–1984
Jennie May Lineberger
1900–1901
Ruth Lineberger
1902–1905

Sources (31)

  • Henry Linebayor, "United States, Census, 1850"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Henry M Lineberger - Published information: Family genealogies: birth-name: Henry Miles Lineberger
  • H. M. Lineberger, "North Carolina Deaths, 1906-1930"

World Events (8)

1853 · First State Fair

The first state fair in North Carolina was held in Raleigh and was put on by the North Carolina State Agricultural Society in 1853. The fair has been continuous except for during the American Civil War and Reconstruction and WWII.

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

Americanized form of Swiss German and German Leuenberger or of its Alsatian cognate Leyenberger. Compare Linebarger , Lineberry , and Lionberger .

Americanized form of German Leinberger .

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

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