When David Lafayette Whitaker was born on 31 January 1838, in Valleytown, Cherokee, North Carolina, United States, his father, Stephen Decatur Whitaker, was 23 and his mother, Elizabeth Taylor, was 17. He lived in North Carolina, United States in 1870 and Valley Town Township, Cherokee, North Carolina, United States in 1900. He died on 8 April 1912, in Andrews, Cherokee, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Andrews, Cherokee, North Carolina, United States.
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U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Historical Boundaries: 1850: Santa Barbara, California, United States
On February 7, 1862, General Burnside's expedition started with the Battle of Roanoke Island. The battle was mostly fought by the Union and Confederate Navy's. This was a Union victory.
English (Yorkshire and Lancashire): habitational name from Whitacre in Warwickshire or High Whitaker in Lancashire, both of whose names derive from Old English hwīt ‘white’ + æcer ‘field’. The name may also be derived from Wheatacre in Norfolk or Whiteacre in Waltham (Kent), both of which derive from Old English hwǣte ‘wheat’ + æcer ‘field’. Compare Whittaker .
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