Brief Life History of Frances Asbury
When Frances Asbury Bledsoe was born in 1814, in Wake, North Carolina, United States, his father, Edward Ned Bledsoe, was 33 and his mother, Mary Ann Marshall, was 26. He married Martha Ann Bledsoe in 1837, in Gibson, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He died on 9 February 1843, in Tennessee, United States, at the age of 29.
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- Francis A Bledsoe, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"
- Frances A Bledsoe, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"
- Francis A Bledsoe, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"
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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.
1820 · Making States Equal
The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.
1825 · The Crimes Act
The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
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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