Brief Life History of Louis Yancey
When Louis Yancey Bledsoe was born in 1817, in Orange, North Carolina, United States, his father, Edward Ned Bledsoe, was 36 and his mother, Mary Ann Marshall, was 29. He married Susan Bledsoe about 1837, in Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He died on 18 April 1874, in Brownsville, Haywood, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 57.
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- L Y Bledsoe, "United States Census, 1850"
- L Y Bledsoe, "United States Census, 1860"
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World Events (8)
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.
1830 · Trail of Tears
In the 1830's, President Jackson called for all the Native Americans to be forced off their own land. As the Cherokee were forced out of North Carolina many of them hid in the mountains of North Carolina.
1835 · The Hermitage is Built
The Hermitage located in Nashville, Tennessee was a plantation owned by President Andrew Jackson from 1804 until his death there in 1845. The Hermitage is now a museum.
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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