Caleb Asbury Earp Jr.

Brief Life History of Caleb Asbury

When Caleb Asbury Earp Jr. was born on 2 May 1816, in Anderson, Anderson, South Carolina, United States, his father, Caleb Asbury Earp Sr, was 48 and his mother, Margaret Dunlap, was 45. He married Frances McKee in 1839, in South Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Justice Precinct 4, Hunt, Texas, United States in 1860 and Justice Precinct 1, Cass, Texas, United States in 1880. He died on 24 August 1894, in Tom Bean, Grayson, Texas, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in White Mound Cemetery, Tom Bean, Grayson, Texas, United States.

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Family Time Line

Caleb Asbury Earp Jr.
1816–1894
Frances McKee
1825–1883
Marriage: 1839
Earp
1840–
C Earp
1844–
William Asbury Earp
1844–1862
Caleb Alonzo Earp
1854–1923
Mary Ida Earp
1856–1929
Ada Yancy Earp
1858–1905
Julia Warren Earp
1859–1921
Alice Margaret Earp
1861–1941
Robert Lee Earp
1863–1927
Thomas Jefferson Earp
1865–1906

Sources (16)

  • C A Earps, "United States Census, 1860"
  • C H Earp, "Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977"
  • Caleb Asbury Earp, "Find A Grave Index"

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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. 

1822 · Slave Rebellion

On June 16, 1822, Denmark Vesey a free and self-educated African American leads a slave rebellion called "the rising." The interesting thing about this rebellion is that it does not really happen. The only thing the judges have to go on is the testimony of people that witness it.

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

Name Meaning

English (Staffordshire, Warwickshire, and Derbyshire): nickname from Middle English erp, irpe, orp, an unrecorded survival of Old English earp, ierpe, and eorp ‘swarthy’.

Americanized form of German Erp .

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

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