Brief Life History of Ballard Chandler
When Ballard Chandler Bagby was born in 1809, in Buckingham, Buckingham, Virginia, United States, his father, Daniel Bagby, was 33 and his mother, Lucy Hunt Allen, was 33. He married Amanda Bagby on 23 December 1845, in Clarksville, Red River, Republic of Texas. He died in 1862, in Honey Grove, Fannin, Texas, United States, at the age of 53.
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1812
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
1812 · Monumental Church Built
The Monumental Church was built between 1812-1814 on the sight where the Richmond Theatre fire had taken place. It is a monument to those that died in the fire.
1825 · The Crimes Act
The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Bagby in North Yorkshire, recorded in Domesday Book as Baghebi, from the Old Norse personal name Baggi + Old Norse bȳ ‘farmstead, village’.
Scottish: possibly a habitational name from Begbie in East Lothian.
History: James Bagby, a Scot, arrived in Jamestown, VA, c. 1628. One of his descendants, Arthur Pendleton Bagby (1794–1858), was governor of Alabama (1837–1841) and a US senator (1841–48).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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