When Serilda Jane Wetzel was born in December 1842, in Marion, West Virginia, United States, her father, John Wetzel, was 36 and her mother, Elizabeth Kendall, was 26. She lived in Paw Paw, Marion, West Virginia, United States in 1880 and Paw Paw District, Marion, West Virginia, United States in 1900. She died on 29 May 1905, in Marion, West Virginia, United States, at the age of 62, and was buried in Highland Cemetery, Monongalia, West Virginia, United States.
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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.
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
The Battle of Manassas is also referred to as the First Battle of Bull Run. 35,000 Union troops were headed towards Washington D.C. after 20,000 Confederate forces. The McDowell's Union troops fought with General Beauregard's Confederate troops along a little river called Bull Run.
German: from a pet form of the personal name Werner . Compare Whetsel and Whetzel .
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