When Oliver Jackson Weems was born in January 1840, in Forsyth, Georgia, United States, his father, Darius Redfern Weems, was 29 and his mother, Ritha Sewell, was 25. He married Francis Caroline Charity Holbrooks on 20 December 1860, in Forsyth, Georgia, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons. He lived in District 686, DeKalb, Georgia, United States in 1880. He died on 11 March 1902, in Hunt, Texas, United States, at the age of 62.
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U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Historical Boundaries: 1846: Hunt, Texas, United States
On February 1, 1861, Texas seceded from the United States. On March 2, 1861, they had joined with the Confederate States of America.
Scottish: variant of Wemyss , reflecting the usual pronunciation of that name.
History: David Weems (Wemyss) emigrated from Scotland to Herring Bay, Anne Arundel County, MD, some time before 1722. Mason Locke Weems, born near Herring Bay in 1759, was a clergyman who wrote a biography of George Washington, in which the first account of the cherry-tree story appeared.
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