Thomas Berryhill Posey

Brief Life History of Thomas Berryhill

When Thomas Berryhill Posey was born on 14 September 1826, in Cherokee, Cherokee, Georgia, United States, his father, Benjamin Franklin Posey, was 19 and his mother, Elizabeth Berryhill, was 19. He married Hulda Elizabeth Hughes on 11 October 1849, in Nacogdoches Land District, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Limestone, Texas, United States for about 20 years. He died in 1898, in Indian Township, Payne, Oklahoma, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Wagoner, Wagoner, Oklahoma, United States.

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Family Time Line

Thomas Berryhill Posey
1826–1898
Hulda Elizabeth Hughes
1822–1899
Marriage: 11 October 1849
Benjamin Franklin Posey
1850–1877
Richard Thomas Posey
1851–1927
William Uriah Posey
1854–1870
Eliza Elizabeth Posey
1856–1870
James Silas Posey
1857–1926
Walter Posey
1859–1923
John Milton Posey
1862–1943

Sources (11)

  • Thos Posey, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Thomas B Posey, "Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-1965"
  • Thomas Berryhill Posey, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1830 · The Second Great Awakening

Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.

1831

Historical Boundaries 1831: Cherokee, Georgia, United States

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

Name Meaning

English: apparently a late variant of either Poser or Posse, which has various possible origins including Middle English pose ‘bag, wallet’, or an etymologically related Old English personal name Pusa, Possa, or Middle English pose ‘head cold, catarrh’.

Americanized form of German Poser .

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

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