Brief Life History of John Devall
When John Devall Langhorne, Jr. was born on 11 October 1858, in Princeton, Mercer, New Jersey, United States, his father, John Devall Langhorne, was 34 and his mother, Mary Marshall Potter, was 27. He married Zita Imelda Spencer on 17 January 1893, in Dixon, Solano, California, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Alameda, Alameda, California, United States in 1910 and Lynchburg, Virginia, United States in 1915. He died on 17 June 1917, in San Francisco, California, United States, at the age of 58.
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Sources (27)
- John D Langham in household of John D Langham, "United States Census, 1870"
- California, U.S., County Birth, Marriage, and Death Records, 1849-1980
- California, U.S., Select Marriages, 1850-1945
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World Events (8)
1861
No Civil War battles took place within the state boundaries of New Jersey, but its citizens participated extensively in the war. Volunteers that were turned away ended up serving in the militias of nearby states like Pennsylvania and New York. Whenever President Lincoln requested more troops, New Jersey responded quickly. In total, the state contributed over 88,000 soldiers (6,000 of which died).
1861 · The Battle of Manassas
The Battle of Manassas is also referred to as the First Battle of Bull Run. 35,000 Union troops were headed towards Washington D.C. after 20,000 Confederate forces. The McDowell's Union troops fought with General Beauregard's Confederate troops along a little river called Bull Run.
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
Name Meaning
English:
apparently from Middle English lang ‘long’ + horn ‘horn’, later modified to Standard English Longhorn. Perhaps the nickname alluded to a long fingernail or toenail, one of the senses of horn in Middle English.
(northern): habitational name from Longthorn Hill in Soulby (Westmorland), possibly named with Old English lang ‘long’ + horn ‘projecting piece of land’, although the earliest record of this place (Longhorne-crooke, 1693) is very late; it may have been so called after the English surname (see 1 above).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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