Brief Life History of Andrew Jackson
Andrew Jackson Jerman was born on 5 October 1845, in North Carolina, United States as the son of George David Jerman and May Humphrey. He married Martha A. McGuffey on 12 September 1882, in Walker, Georgia, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Civil District 2, Hamilton, Tennessee, United States in 1920. He died on 7 June 1917, in Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Coulter Memorial Cemetery, Cassandra, Walker, Georgia, United States.
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- A J German, "United States Census, 1910"
- A. J. Jerman in entry for Cathrine Andre Cuzzort, "Tennessee Deaths, 1914-1966"
- A. J. Jerman in entry for Cathrine Andre Cuzzort, "Tennessee Deaths, 1914-1966"
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1853 · First State Fair
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.
1861
Civil War History - Some 11,000 Georgians gave their lives in defense of their state a state that suffered immense destruction. But wars end brought about an even more dramatic figure to tell: 460,000 African-Americans were set free from the shackles of slavery to begin new lives as free people.
1865 · Sultana Tragedy
In April of 1865, the steamboat the Sultana exploded. The Civil War had been over for awhile so this was considered the worst maritime disaster in US history. Compared to the Titanic where 1,512 people were killed, 1,8000 soldiers were killed on the Sultana. Confederate soldiers that weeks earlier had been fighting with Union soldiers were now fighting to save their lives.
Name Meaning
Slovenian and Croatian: from an old variant of the personal name Herman , or German , or Jurman . Alternatively, it may be derived directly from Latin germanus ‘brother, cousin’, originally ‘of the same stock’ (see Germain ). Compare Yerman .
English (of Norman origin): variant of German .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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