Brief Life History of Georgann
When Georgann Stevenson was born on 5 January 1860, in Logan, Kentucky, United States, her father, Francis Marion Macdonald Stevenson, was 21 and her mother, Sarah Jane Webb, was 20. She married Joseph Richard "Joe" Smotherman on 13 January 1881, in Russellville, Logan, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. She lived in Magisterial District 6 Fillmore, Logan, Kentucky, United States for about 10 years. She died in August 1888, in Lewisburg, Logan, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 28.
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- Georgian Stevenson in household of Frank Stevenson, "United States Census, 1870"
- Legacy NFS Source: Georgann Stevenson - Individual or family possessions: Family genealogies: birth: 5 January 1860; Logan, Kentucky, United States
- George Ann Stevenson, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
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1861
Kentucky sided with the Union during the Civil War, even though it is a southern state.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1868 · Impeach the President!
Caused by many crimes and breaking the Tenure of Office Act, Many Senators and House Representatives became angry with President Johnson and began discussions of his Impeachment. After a special session of Congress, the Articles of Impeachment were approved by the House and then the Senate. Making Andrew Johnson the first President to be Impeached.
Name Meaning
English: from the Middle English and Older Scots personal name Steven, Stephen (see Steven ) + -son. This surname is also very common in northern Ireland (especially Antrim and Down), where it has been interchangeable with Steenson and Stinson . In North America, this surname has also absorbed various European cognates, such as Danish, Norwegian, and North German Steffensen or Stephensen ; see also Stevens .
Scottish: variant of Stevenston, a habitational name from Stevenston (Ayrshire), Stevenson in Newlands (Peeblesshire), or Stevenson in Haddington (East Lothian). The placename in each case derives from the personal name Steven + Older Scots toun ‘farmstead, settlement’.
English: habitational name from Stevenstone (Devon), meaning ‘Stephen's farmstead’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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