Brief Life History of Buckner Genis
When Buckner Genis Fairfax was born on 27 March 1798, in Prince William, Virginia, United States, his father, Col John Scott Fairfax, was 35 and his mother, Mary Byrne, was 28. He married Rebecca Ann Parsons on 30 March 1828, in Preston, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 5 daughters. He lived in Preston, Henry, Virginia, United States in 1850 and Preston, Virginia, United States in 1860. He died on 30 March 1880, in Terra Alta, Preston, West Virginia, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Terra Alta, Preston, West Virginia, United States.
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- Buckner Fairfax, "United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1850 "
- Buckner Fairfax, "Find A Grave Index"
- Buckner Fairfax in entry for Sallie R. Fairfax, "West Virginia Deaths, 1804-1999"
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World Events (8)
1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.
While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.
1812 · Monumental Church Built
The Monumental Church was built between 1812-1814 on the sight where the Richmond Theatre fire had taken place. It is a monument to those that died in the fire.
1820 · Making States Equal
The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.
Name Meaning
English: nickname for someone with beautiful long hair, from Middle English fair fax ‘beautiful tresses’. This was a common descriptive phrase in Middle English: the alliterative poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight refers to ‘fair fanning fax’ encircling the shoulders of the doughty warrior.
History: Thomas Fairfax (1693–1781), an army officer from Leeds Castle, Kent, England, first came to VA in 1735 and settled on maternal estates there as a proprietor in 1747.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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