Dianah Frances "Frankie" Pippin

Brief Life History of Dianah Frances "Frankie"

When Dianah Frances "Frankie" Pippin was born on 16 May 1832, in Jackson, Tennessee, United States, her father, Joseph Pippin, was 21 and her mother, Susannah Hightower, was 16. She married George Washington Brown about 1851, in Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Civil District 7, Claiborne, Tennessee, United States in 1880 and Civil District 7, Jackson, Tennessee, United States in 1910. She died on 27 December 1912, in Cookeville, Putnam, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Pippin Cemetery, Liberty, Jackson, Tennessee, United States.

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Family Time Line

George Washington Brown
1829–1867
Dianah Frances "Frankie" Pippin
1832–1912
Marriage: about 1851
Sarah Jane Brown
1851–1928
Henry L. Brown
1859–
Julia J Brown
1855–1942
James Buchanan "Buck" Brown
1857–1918
Mary Elizabeth Brown
1860–1922
Rhoda Canzada Brown
1862–1939
Joseph Byrd Brown
1866–1935
George Washington Brown Jr
1867–1944

Sources (16)

  • Francis Brown in household of Johnethan Wheeler, "United States Census, 1910"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Dianah Frances Pippin - Published information: birth-name: Frances Hightower
  • Francis Pippin Brown, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1836 · Remember the Alamo

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.

1850

Oldest grave seen in the memorials list.

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.

Name Meaning

English (southwestern): variant of Peppin .

German: from an Old Prussian personal name, Pippin.

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

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