Brief Life History of Andrew Jackson
When Andrew Jackson Davidson Sr. was born before 1815, in Butler, Ohio, United States, his father, James Davidson, was 35 and his mother, Mary Doty, was 31. He married Mary Martin on 31 August 1843, in Greene, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Greene, Illinois, United States in 1850 and Greene Township, Woodford, Illinois, United States in 1880. He died on 4 June 1885, in Eldred, Greene, Illinois, United States, and was buried in Woodville Township, Greene, Illinois, United States.
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- Andrew J Davidson, "United States Census, 1850"
- Legacy NFS Source: Andrew Jackson Davidson Sr. - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: Andrew Jackson Davidson Sr.
- Andrew J. Davidson, "Illinois Marriages, 1815-1935"
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1819 · Panic! of 1819
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
1821
Historical Boundaries: 1821: Greene, Illinois, United States
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.
Name Meaning
Scottish, northern English, and Jewish (Ashkenazic): from the personal name David + -son. As a Jewish name, the last element comes from German Sohn ‘son’.
Irish (Down) and Scottish: adopted for Gaelic Mac Daibhéid ‘son of David’; see McDevitt .
Americanized form (and a rare Swedish variant) of Swedish Davidsson: patronymic from the personal name David .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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