Margaret Frances Dickerson

Brief Life History of Margaret Frances

When Margaret Frances Dickerson was born in 1827, in Bedford City, Virginia, United States, her father, Hezekiah Dickerson, was 37 and her mother, Frances McGeorge, was 31. She married Achilles Milton Capps on 23 May 1843, in Hardin, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Hardin, Kentucky, United States in 1850 and Magisterial District 1 Hardinsburg, Breckinridge, Kentucky, United States in 1860. She died in 1880, in Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 53, and was buried in Buriāl, Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan.

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Family Time Line

Achilles Milton Capps
1821–1905
Margaret Frances Dickerson
1827–1880
Marriage: 23 May 1843
Alanson M. Capps
1844–1930
America Capps
1846–1926
Florentine Capps
1848–1908
Achilles J Capps
1849–1924
Mary Catherine Capps
1850–1891
Anzonetta J. Capps
1853–1922
Milton Hains Capps
1856–1899
Belle Zora Capps
1858–1923
Mary W. Capps
1860–1941
Elijah James Capps
1866–1922

Sources (11)

  • Francis Capps in household of Achillis Capps, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Margaret Francis Dickerson, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
  • Margaret Frances Dickerson Capps, "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.

1830 · Louisville and Portland Canal Opens

The Louisville and Portland canal opened in 1830. It was a 2 mile canal. It helped with the barrier caused by the Falls of the Ohio River at Louisville by making a route around them.

1844 · Lumpkin's Jail

In 1844 when Robert Lumpkin bought land in Virginia, this would be the spot of the Infamous Slave Jail (or Lumpkin’s Jail). The slaves would be brought here during the slave trade until they were sold. Lumpkin had purchased the land for his own slave business.

Name Meaning

English (East Anglia): post-medieval form of Dickeson , a shortened form of Dickenson .

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

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