Brief Life History of Duke Whitman
When Duke Whitman Kimbrough was born on 1 March 1801, in Jefferson, Tennessee, United States, his father, Rev. Marmaduke "Duke" Kimbrough, was 38 and his mother, Eunice Carlock, was 30. He married Eliza Cooke on 9 August 1836. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in McMinn, Tennessee, United States for about 10 years and District 2, Grainger, Tennessee, United States in 1880. He died on 7 March 1885, in Tennessee, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in McMinn, Tennessee, United States.
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- Duke W Kimbough, "United States Census, 1850"
- Legacy NFS Source: Duke Whitman Kimbrough - birth: 1 March 1801;
- Duke W Kimbrough, "Find A Grave Index"
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1803
France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.
1803 · The U.S doubles in size
The United States purchased all the Louisiana territory (828,000 sq. mi) from France, only paying 15 million dollars (A quarter trillion today) for the land. In the purchase, the US obtained the land that makes up 15 US states and 2 Canadian Provinces. The United States originally wanted to purchase of New Orleans and the lands located on the coast around it, but quickly accepted the bargain that Napoleon Bonaparte offered.
1825 · The Crimes Act
The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
Name Meaning
English: from the female personal name Kynborough, recorded in Suffolk, England, as late as the 16th and 17th centuries. Although there is no Middle English evidence for it, this probably represents a survival of Old English female personal name Cyneburh, composed of the elements cyne- ‘royal’ + burh ‘fortress’, ‘stronghold’. This was the name of a daughter of the 7th-century King Penda of Mercia, who, in spite of her father's staunch opposition to Christianity, was converted and founded an abbey, serving as its head. She was venerated as a saint, and gave her name to the village of Kimberley in Norfolk. The surname is now almost extinct in England, but continues to flourish in the US.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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