Brief Life History of Benjamin Franklin
When Benjamin Franklin Reich was born on 17 May 1833, in Friedburg, Davidson, North Carolina, United States, his father, Philip Reich, was 35 and his mother, Rosanah Zimmerman, was 32. He married Maria Catherine Sides on 20 December 1861, in Forsyth, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Forsyth, North Carolina, United States in 1850 and South Fork, Forsyth, North Carolina, United States in 1860. He died on 3 September 1863, in United States, at the age of 30, and was buried in Clemmons, Forsyth, North Carolina, United States.
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- Franklin Reich in household of Phillip Reich, "United States Census, 1860"
- Benj F Reich, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 "
- Benjamin Franklin Reich, "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.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
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.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: German Hans, Kurt, Erwin, Gerhard, Alois, Otto, Volker, Erna, Udo, Wolfgang, Dieter, Egon.
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): nickname for a wealthy or powerful man, from Middle High German rīch ‘of noble descent, powerful, rich’, German reich ‘rich’. This surname is also found in France (Alsace and Lorraine), Poland, Hungary, Czechia, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Croatia (see also 4 below).
German: from a short form of a personal name containing the Old High German element rīhhi ‘power, might’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Unwilling Soldier
Benjamin Franklin Reich never wanted to go to war. He had just gotten married December 20, 1861, but on July 8, 1862 he was conscripted/drafted into the Confederate Army and had to leave behind a wife …
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