Brief Life History of Charles Elisha
When Charles Elisha Pattillo was born on 29 May 1845, in Orange, Texas, United States, his father, George Alexander Pattillo, was 49 and his mother, Sarah Ann Allen, was 44. He lived in Jefferson City, Jefferson, Tennessee, United States in 1850. He died on 6 October 1852, in Terry, Orange, Texas, United States, at the age of 7.
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- Charles E Pattillo in household of George A Pattillo, "United States Census, 1850"
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1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1846 · Mexican-American War
Known in the United States as the Mexican War. President Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna did not officially acknowledge the secession of Texas, and interpreted the US involvement with Texas as an invasion of borders. Mexican forces attacked American forces in an event called the Thornton Affair, prompting President James K. Polk to send a request for war to Congress. The war ended when the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was signed on February 2, 1848, which required the Mexican Cession of the northern territories and acceptance of the Rio Grande as the southern border of the United States. At the same time, the U.S. committed to pay Mexico $15 million for war damages and assumed roughly $3.25 million of their existing debt.
1850 · Compromise of 1850
The United States Congress passed a package of five separate bills in an attempt to decrease tensions between the slave states and free states. The compromise itself was received gratefully, but both sides disapproved of certain components contained in the laws. Texas was impacted in several ways; mainly, the state surrendered its claim to New Mexico (and other claims north of 36°30′) but retained the Texas Panhandle. The federal government also took over the public debt for Texas.
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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