Columbus Russell Clevenger

Brief Life History of Columbus Russell

When Columbus Russell Clevenger was born on 15 June 1853, in Cocke, Tennessee, United States, his father, Allen Clevenger Sr., was 44 and his mother, Susan Hightower, was 42. He married Rhoda Cora Netherton about 1873, in Cocke, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Edwina, Cocke, Tennessee, United States in 1880 and Civil District 6, Cocke, Tennessee, United States in 1900. He died on 4 January 1905, in Cocke, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 51, and was buried in Clevenger, Cocke, Tennessee, United States.

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Family Time Line

Columbus Russell Clevenger
1853–1905
Rhoda Cora Netherton
1853–1909
Marriage: about 1873
Joseph Russell Clevenger
1874–1928
Edith B. Clevinger
1875–1942
Lowry Clevenger
1876–1952
Katherine Clevenger
1878–1938
Millard F. Clevenger
1882–1887
Mark D Clevinger
1889–1915
Edward Colombus Clevenger
1892–1958

Sources (15)

  • Columbus Cleninger, "United States Census, 1900"
  • Columbus Russell Clevenger, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Columbers in entry for Edward C Cleninger, "North Carolina, Department of Archives and History, Index to Vital Records, 1800-2000"

World Events (8)

1862 · Battle of Shiloh

The battle of Shiloh took place on April 6, 1862 and April 7, 1862. Confederate soldiers camp through the woods next to where the Union soldiers were camped at Pittsburg Landing on the Tennessee River. With 23,000 casualties this was the bloodiest battle of the Civil War up to this point.

1863

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

1867 · Sorry Mr. President, You can't do that.

This Act was to restrict the power of the President removing certain office holders without approval of the Senate. It denies the President the power to remove any executive officer who had been appointed by the president with the advice and consent of the Senate, unless the Senate approved the removal during the next full session of Congress. The Amendment was later repealed.

Name Meaning

English: variant of Clavinger, status name for the keeper of the keys in a great household, Latin clavigerus, from clavis ‘key’.

History: George Clevenger was born in Yonkers, NY, in 1654, the son of JohnClevenger (born 1633), who probably came from Devon, England.

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

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