William Dillard Foreman

19 September 1855–23 February 1881 (Age 25)
Cherokee, Texas, United States

The Life Summary of William Dillard

When William Dillard Foreman was born on 19 September 1855, in Cherokee, Texas, United States, his father, Green Lucas Foreman, was 36 and his mother, Julia Ann Hennis, was 30. He lived in Liberty, Texas, United States in 1860 and Bell, Texas, United States in 1870. He died on 23 February 1881, at the age of 25.

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Family Time Line

Green Lucas Foreman
1819–1860
Julia Ann Hennis
1824–1861
Margaret E Jane Foreman
1843–
Purity Annis Foreman
1845–1918
Martha Maranda Foreman
1846–1866
George Washington Foreman
1848–1873
Hugh Henry Foreman
1849–1915
John Wesley Foreman
1851–1934
Adolphus Baxter Foreman
1853–1934
William Dillard Foreman
1855–1881
Mary Alice Foreman
1857–1864
Mills Brigman Foreman
1859–1927

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World Events (7)

1861 · Texas Secedes from the United States
Age 6
On February 1, 1861, Texas seceded from the United States. On March 2, 1861, they had joined with the Confederate States of America.
1863
Age 8
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1865 · Juneteenth (Slaves Were Freed)
Age 10
On June 19, 1865, Gordon Granger (Union Major) read General Orders, No. 3 to the people of Galveston. The statement was written as follows: "The people of Texas are informed that, in accordance with a proclamation from the Executive of the United States, all slaves are free. This involves an absolute equality of personal rights and rights of property between former masters and slaves, and the connection heretofore existing between them becomes that between employer and hired labor. The freedmen are advised to remain quietly at their present homes and work for wages. They are informed that they will not be allowed to collect at military posts and that they will not be supported in idleness either there or elsewhere."

Name Meaning

English: variant of Forman 1 and 2.Altered form of North German Formann, a variant of Fuhrmann or Fohrman .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

Possible Related Names

Forman

Sources (2)

  • William Forman in household of W C Isaacks, "United States Census, 1870"
  • W D Foreman in household of G L Foreman, "United States Census, 1860"

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