Brief Life History of Ebenezer Walker
When Ebenezer Walker Orr was born on 21 October 1800, in Chapel Hill, Marshall, Tennessee, United States, his father, William Orr, was 39 and his mother, Caty Walker, was 35. He married Nancy S. Dobbins on 15 November 1824, in Williamson, Tennessee, United States. He died on 11 October 1842, in his hometown, at the age of 41, and was buried in Lindsay, Glendale, Maury, Tennessee, United States.
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- Ebenezer W Orr, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"
- Walker Orr, entry for Mary M. Harris, "Tennessee Deaths, 1914-1966"
- Ebenezer Orr in entry for Sarah Adaline Riny, "Tennessee Deaths, 1914-1966"
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1803
France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.
1803 · The U.S doubles in size
The United States purchased all the Louisiana territory (828,000 sq. mi) from France, only paying 15 million dollars (A quarter trillion today) for the land. In the purchase, the US obtained the land that makes up 15 US states and 2 Canadian Provinces. The United States originally wanted to purchase of New Orleans and the lands located on the coast around it, but quickly accepted the bargain that Napoleon Bonaparte offered.
1812
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
Name Meaning
English: from an unrecorded Middle English personal name Orre (Old Norse Orri, originally a byname meaning ‘black grouse’).
Scottish (southwestern): nickname from Scottish Gaelic odhar ‘dun, of sallow complexion’. This surname is also common in Ireland. It was brought to Ulster from Scotland in the 17th century.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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