When Martha Ann Whitaker was born on 22 October 1842, in Andrews, Cherokee, North Carolina, United States, her father, Captain Stephen Decatur Whitaker Sr., was 28 and her mother, Elizabeth Taylor, was 22. She lived in North Carolina, United States in 1870 and Valley Town Township, Cherokee, North Carolina, United States in 1900. She died on 13 June 1906, in Andrews, Cherokee, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 63, and was buried in Valleytown Cemetery, 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.
The first state fair in North Carolina was held in Raleigh and was put on by the North Carolina State Agricultural Society in 1853. The fair has been continuous except for during the American Civil War and Reconstruction and WWII.
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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