Brief Life History of Josiah Gibson
When Josiah Gibson Radford was born on 10 February 1852, in Trigg, Kentucky, United States, his father, Josiah Gibson Radford, was 41 and his mother, Eliza Major, was 36. He married Mary Francis Hall on 22 April 1872, in Montgomery, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Wallonia, Trigg, Kentucky, United States in 1870 and Magisterial District 3, Trigg, Kentucky, United States for about 10 years. He died on 11 March 1941, in Princeton, Caldwell, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 89, and was buried in Princeton, Caldwell, Kentucky, United States.
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- Josiah G Radford in household of Saml White, "United States Census, 1860"
- Josiah Radford, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"
- Josiah G. Radford, "Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1961"
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1862 · Battle of Shiloh
The battle of Shiloh took place on April 6, 1862 and April 7, 1862. Confederate soldiers camp through the woods next to where the Union soldiers were camped at Pittsburg Landing on the Tennessee River. With 23,000 casualties this was the bloodiest battle of the Civil War up to this point.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1876 · The First Worlds Fair in the U.S.
The First official World's Fair, was held to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia. 37 Countries provided venues for all to see.
Name Meaning
English and Scottish: habitational name from any of several places called Radford (Devon, Nottinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Somerset, Warwickshire, Worcestershire), Raddiford (Devon), Ratford (Sussex, Wiltshire), Redford (Angus, Fife, Midlothian, Dorset, Sussex), Retford (Nottinghamshire), Rodford (Gloucestershire), or Rudford (Gloucestershire). Most of these placenames appear to derive from Old English rēad ‘red’ + ford ‘ford’, though some are likely to derive from Old English hrēod ‘reed’ + ford (e.g. Rodford and Rudford (Gloucestershire)), and the Oxfordshire placename may derive from Old English rād ‘riding’ + ford, probably meaning ‘ford which can be crossed on horseback’. This English name has been established in Ireland (Wexford) since the 16th century.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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