Reuben Jackson McCormick

Brief Life History of Reuben Jackson

When Reuben Jackson McCormick was born on 8 May 1835, in Overton, Tennessee, United States, his father, Tench McCormick, was 25 and his mother, Catherine West, was 24. He married Mary Magdalen Livingston in 1865, in Overton, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 4 daughters. He died on 25 February 1876, in Livingston, Overton, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 40, and was buried in Okalona, Overton, Tennessee, United States.

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Family Time Line

Reuben Jackson McCormick
1835–1876
Mary Magdalen Livingston
1845–1935
Marriage: 1865
Valentine J. McCormick
1864–1944
Winnie Catherine McCormick
1868–1951
Sarah Caroline McCormick
1870–1958
Lenora Viola McCormick
1873–1945
Any May McCormick
1875–1960

Sources (7)

  • Ruben Mc Comock in household of Tench Mc Comock, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Reuben Jackson McCormick, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Rubin Mccormick in entry for Viola Lenora Winton, "Tennessee Death Records, 1914-1963"

World Events (6)

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

Tennessee was known as the Volunteer State because during the Mexican War the government asked Tennessee for 3,000 volunteer soldiers and 30,000 joined.

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.

Name Meaning

Irish and Scottish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Cormaic ‘son of Cormac’, a personal name based on corb ‘raven’ + mac ‘son’.

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

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