When Elizabeth Jane Whitaker was born on 29 August 1857, in Andrews, Cherokee, North Carolina, United States, her father, Stephen Decatur Whitaker, was 43 and her mother, Elizabeth Taylor, was 36. She married Andrew Jackson Colvard on 3 April 1878, in Cherokee, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in North Carolina, United States in 1870 and Valley Town Township, Cherokee, North Carolina, United States in 1880. She died on 31 July 1891, in Rose Township, Payne, Oklahoma, United States, at the age of 33, and was buried in Rose, Mayes, Oklahoma, United States.
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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.
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
This Act was to restrict the power of the President removing certain office holders without approval of the Senate. It denies the President the power to remove any executive officer who had been appointed by the president with the advice and consent of the Senate, unless the Senate approved the removal during the next full session of Congress. The Amendment was later repealed.
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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