Brief Life History of George Washington
When George Washington Bledsoe was born on 30 April 1807, in Wake, North Carolina, United States, his father, Edward Ned Bledsoe, was 26 and his mother, Mary Ann Marshall, was 19. He married Dizey Washington Craig in 1843, in Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He died in August 1847, in Jackson, Madison, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 40.
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- George W Bledsoe, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"
- Bledsoe in entry for J. M. Bledsoe, "Tennessee Death Records, 1914-1963"
- George W Bledsoe, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"
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1808
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
1812
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
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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