Lucinda Pearl Hounshell

Brief Life History of Lucinda Pearl

When Lucinda Pearl Hounshell was born on 18 September 1824, in Bourbon, Kentucky, United States, her father, Andrew Jackson Hounshell II, was 37 and her mother, Catherine Crow, was 32. She married John Wilkerson Harris on 15 March 1838, in Clinton, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. She lived in Clinton Township, Clinton, Missouri, United States in 1850. She died in 1865, in Clinton, Missouri, United States, at the age of 41.

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Family Time Line

John Wilkerson Harris
1816–1849
Lucinda Pearl Hounshell
1824–1865
Marriage: 15 March 1838
Overton Smith Harris
1840–1900
John Wilkerson Harris Jr.
1844–1927

Sources (12)

  • L Harris in household of John Reed, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Lucinda P HORNSHELL - Memory of Someone: Memory of a parent: birth-name: Lucinda P HORNSHELL
  • Missouri Marriage Records, 1805-2002

World Events (7)

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.

1833

Historical Boundaries 1833: Clinton County created from Non-County Area 12

1836 · Remember the Alamo

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.

Name Meaning

English: variant of Hounsell .

Americanized form of German Hauenschild, a variant of Hauschild .

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

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