When Rebecca DuPre Leland was born on 26 March 1850, in Charleston, South Carolina, United States, her father, John Adams Leland, was 32 and her mother, Ann Allston DuPre, was 25. She lived in Mecklenburg, North Carolina, United States in 1860 and Laurens, Laurens, South Carolina, United States in 1870. She died on 24 November 1873, in Spartanburg, Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States, at the age of 23, and was buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Spartanburg, Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States.
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The first state fair in North Carolina was held in Raleigh and was put on by the North Carolina State Agricultural Society in 1853. The fair has been continuous except for during the American Civil War and Reconstruction and WWII.
In 1860, South Carolina quit the United States because its citizens were in favor of slavery and President Lincoln was not. The Civil War started a year later.
On February 7, 1862, General Burnside's expedition started with the Battle of Roanoke Island. The battle was mostly fought by the Union and Confederate Navy's. This was a Union victory.
Perhaps a shortened form of Scottish or Irish McClellan or McLelland , but geographical distribution in England suggests it may have an unexplained English origin.
Norwegian: habitational name from the name of several farms, especially in Agder, a compound of le ‘barway, gate’ and land ‘(piece of) land, farmstead’.
Americanized form of Norwegian Liland: compound of li ‘hillside, mountainside’ and land ‘(piece of) land, farmstead’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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