James Robert Pattillo

Brief Life History of James Robert

When James Robert Pattillo was born on 2 January 1855, in Orange, Texas, United States, his father, James Hall Pattillo, was 33 and his mother, Hester Ann Frances Harmon, was 26. He married Caroline Chisholm on 31 July 1874, in Orange, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Justice Precinct 1, Orange, Texas, United States in 1860 and Austin, Travis, Texas, United States in 1880. He died on 4 April 1890, in Vidor, Orange, Texas, United States, at the age of 35, and was buried in Singleton Cemetery, Vidor, Orange, Texas, United States.

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Family Time Line

James Robert Pattillo
1855–1890
Caroline Chisholm
1858–1912
Marriage: 31 July 1874
James William Pattillo
1877–1952
Jeannie Pattillo
about 1881–1907
John Britt Pattillo
1879–1917
Margaret Pattillo
1883–1949

Sources (11)

  • James R Pattillo in household of James H Pattillo, "United States Census, 1860"
  • J. R. Pattillo, "Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977"
  • James Robert Pattillo, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1861 · Texas Secedes from the United States

On February 1, 1861, Texas seceded from the United States. On March 2, 1861, they had joined with the Confederate States of America.

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1865

Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.

Name Meaning

Scottish: habitational name from either of two places, in the former counties of Fife and Perthshire, called Pittilloch, from Pictish peit ‘portion (of land)’ + Gaelic tulach ‘hill’ and with loss of final -ch in the modern forms of the surname.

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

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