When James Anderson Rachel was born on 10 May 1834, in Mecklenburg, Virginia, United States, his father, Alexander Rachael, was 41 and his mother, Mary “Polly” Wren, was 32. He married Martha Ann "Mattie" Shinn on 6 November 1867, in Pope, Crawford, Arkansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Arkansas, United States in 1870 and Clark Township, Pope, Arkansas, United States for about 20 years. He died on 1 November 1905, in Russellville, Pope, Arkansas, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Ball Hill Cemetery, Russellville, Pope, Arkansas, United States.
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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.
In 1844 when Robert Lumpkin bought land in Virginia, this would be the spot of the Infamous Slave Jail (or Lumpkin’s Jail). The slaves would be brought here during the slave trade until they were sold. Lumpkin had purchased the land for his own slave business.
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.
German (mainly Bavaria): probably a topographic name from Middle High German rach ‘rough, steep’.
German: habitational name from a place called Rachel in Bohemia.
Sorbian: from an Upper Sorbian derivative (originally also spelled Rachol) of the personal name Rach .
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