Brief Life History of Isaac Craig
When Isaac Craig McFadden was born on 12 April 1833, in Chester, South Carolina, United States, his father, Jonathan McFadden, was 27 and his mother, Jane Jenny Weir Bigham, was 24. He had at least 2 sons and 2 daughters with Margaret Louisa Cherry. He lived in York, South Carolina, United States in 1860 and Lewisville, Chester, South Carolina, United States for about 20 years. He died on 30 January 1910, in South Carolina, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Richburg, Chester, South Carolina, United States.
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- J C Mc Faden, "United States Census, 1860"
- Isaac Craig McFadden, "Find A Grave Index"
- Craig Mcfadden in entry for Mr John Alexander Mcfadden, "United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011"
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World Events (8)
1835 · Angry Mob Seizes U-S Mail
On August 31, 1835, in Charleston, South Carolina an angry mob takes control over the U-S mail and burns it in public.
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.
1860
In 1860, South Carolina quit the United States because its citizens were in favor of slavery and President Lincoln was not. The Civil War started a year later.
Name Meaning
Scottish and Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Phaid(e)in (Scottish) and Mac Pháidín (Irish), patronymics from Gaelic pet forms of the personal name Pádraig, see Patrick .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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