Brief Life History of Elisha
When Elisha Colvin was born on 20 February 1835, in Washington Township, Gibson, Indiana, United States, his father, Richard Colvin, was 34 and his mother, Dorcus Hillman, was 27. He married Susannah Irene Grubb on 4 September 1860, in Pike, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Clay Township, Pike, Indiana, United States in 1860 and Gibson Township, Washington, Indiana, United States in 1910. He died on 24 February 1916, in Washington, Indiana, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Union, Clay Township, Pike, Indiana, United States.
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- Elisha Colvin, "United States Census, 1910"
- Elisha Colvin, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019"
- Elisha Colvin, "Find A Grave Index"
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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.
1845
Historical Boundaries: 1845: Pike, Indiana, United States
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
Scottish and Irish (Donegal, Antrim): variant of Colville , probably reflecting a local pronunciation. The name was taken to Ulster in the 17th century.
Manx: if not identical with 1, perhaps from the Old Norse personal name Kolbeinn, with /v/ substituted for /b/.
English: from the rare Middle English personal name Colwin, Colvin, which may be a borrowing into English of a Welsh name whose modern form is Collwyn ‘white’, or of colwyn ‘doe, puppy, pet dog’, or of the placename Colwyn (Denbighshire, Radnorshire).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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