When Nancy Jane Guess was born on 25 September 1835, in Caldwell, Kentucky, United States, her father, James Guess, was 47 and her mother, Celia Sue Stewart, was 34. She married Patrick Henry "Coon" Calhoun Brown on 9 March 1856, in Princeton, Caldwell, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Farmersville, Caldwell, Kentucky, United States in 1870 and Fredonia, Caldwell, Kentucky, United States in 1880. She died on 19 August 1896, in Caldwell, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 60, and was buried in Flat Rock, Caldwell, Kentucky, United States.
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Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
Historical Boundaries: 1836: Caldwell, Kentucky, United States
Kentucky sided with the Union during the Civil War, even though it is a southern state.
English (southern): probably a variant of Guest with loss of final -t.
South German (Güss): see Guss .
German: variant of Geis .
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