Brief Life History of Frances Catherine
When Frances Catherine Allison was born on 12 May 1854, in Smith, Tennessee, United States, her father, Moses J Allison, was 40 and her mother, Elizabeth Hughes, was 32. She married John James Hughes on 8 February 1872, in Crittenden, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons. She lived in Marion, Crittenden, Kentucky, United States in 1880. She died after 1930, in Kentucky, United States.
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Sources (13)
- Francis Hughes in household of James Hughes, "United States Census, 1880"
- Legacy NFS Source: Frances Catherine 'Fannie' Allison - Individual or family possessions: Family Bible: birth: 12 May 1854; Smith, Tennessee, United States
- F C Allison, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
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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.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
Name Meaning
English and Scottish: patronymic from the Middle English female personal name Alice, Alis (see Allis ) + -son, meaning ‘Alice's son’.
English and Scottish: from the Middle English female personal name Alison, a common pet form of Alice, Alis. See Allis and compare Ellison .
Scottish: in some cases, a late variant of Allanson (see also Allinson ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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