Charles Wilcher

Brief Life History of Charles

When Charles Wilcher was born about 1816, in Lincoln, Kentucky, United States, his father, John Wilson Wilcher, was 34 and his mother, Jane Combs, was 34. He had at least 9 sons and 6 daughters with Elizabeth W Fitzpatrick. He lived in Magisterial District 2 Tracy, Barren, Kentucky, United States in 1860 and Bradfordsville, Marion, Kentucky, United States in 1870. He died after 1880, in Marion, Kentucky, United States.

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Family Time Line

Charles Wilcher
1816–1880
Elizabeth W Fitzpatrick
1824–1880
James W. Wilcher
1836–
Jane Wilcher
1839–
Charley Welcher
1840–
John T. Wilcher
1841–1914
Amanda E. Wilcher
1843–
Nancy E. Wilcher
1843–
Levi Breckenridge Wilcher
1844–1931
Bryant Wilcher
1847–1921
Ellen Welcher
1850–
George W. Wilcher
1851–1922
Alfred Welcher
1853–
Amanda Frances Wilcher
1855–1855
Benjamin Franklin Wilcher
1856–1936
Joseph Wilcher
1860–1929
Bettie Florence Wilcher
1870–1911

Sources (17)

  • Charles Wilsher, "United States Census, 1840"
  • Charles W. Welcher in entry for B. F. Welcher, "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947"
  • Charley Welcher, "United States Census, 1860"

World Events (8)

1818 · Jackson Purchase

The western part of Kentucky purchased by Andrew Jackson from the Chickasaw Indians in 1818. It became known as the Jackson Purchase. This included land that wasn't originally part of Kentucky when it became a state.

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. 

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

English: variant of Wiltshire .

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

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