Brief Life History of Emily
When Emily Bledsoe was born on 30 April 1808, in Wake, North Carolina, United States, her father, Edward Ned Bledsoe, was 27 and her mother, Mary Ann Marshall, was 20. She married John W Scott in 1823, in Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. She died in November 1848, in Tennessee, United States, at the age of 40, and was buried in Tennessee, United States.
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1812
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
1812 · War of 1812
Because of the outbreak of war from Napoleonic France, Britain decided to blockade the trade between the United States and the French. The US then fought this action and said it was illegal under international law. Britain supplied Native Americans who raided settlers living on the frontier and halting expansion westward. In 1814, one of the British raids stormed into Washington D.C. burning down the capital. Neither the Americans or the British wanted to continue fighting, so negotiations of peace began. After Treaty of Ghent was signed, Unaware of the treaty, British forces invaded Louisiana but were defeated in January 1815.
1819 · Panic! of 1819
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from a place in Gloucestershire named Bledisloe, from the Old English personal name Blīth (a byname meaning ‘cheerful’) + Old English hlāw ‘mound, tumulus’. This surname is very rare in Britain.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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