When Philadelphia D. Gaines was born on 31 May 1806, in Anderson, Pendleton, South Carolina, United States, her father, James J Gaines, was 22 and her mother, Nancy Arnold, was 17. She married Rev William G Mullinnix in 1823. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Tippah, Mississippi, United States in 1860 and Township 3 Central, Pickens, South Carolina, United States in 1870. She died on 10 January 1891, in Central, Pickens, South Carolina, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Central, Pickens, South Carolina, United States.
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Atlantic slave trade abolished.
Mississippi is the 20th state.
In 1829 Fort Sumter is constructed in the Charleston Harbor, South Carolina. Fort Sumter is most known for being the site of the first shots of the Civil War. It is barely ready when the American Civil War starts.
English (of Norman origin): variant of Gain , with post-medieval excrescent -s. In North America, this surname has also assimilated several surnames of Welsh origin, such as Gainous , derived from Gurganus .
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