Brief Life History of Amos
When Amos Debord was born on 26 June 1834, in Claiborne, Tennessee, United States, his father, Andrew Loren DeBoard, was 23 and his mother, Sarah Maricle Vandeventer, was 23. He married Eliza Jane Brummitt on 6 April 1858, in Laurel, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Perryton Township, Mercer, Illinois, United States in 1870 and Magisterial District 1, Laurel, Kentucky, United States in 1880. He died on 20 September 1898, in Mercer, Illinois, United States, at the age of 64.
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- Amos Debord, "United States Census, 1870"
- Amos Deboard, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
- Amos Deboard in entry for Jacob Anderson and Susan Deboard, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
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1835 · The Hermitage is Built
The Hermitage located in Nashville, Tennessee was a plantation owned by President Andrew Jackson from 1804 until his death there in 1845. The Hermitage is now a museum.
1836 · Remember the Alamo
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.
1856 · The Largest Map Company in the World
William Rand opened a small printing shop in Chicago. Doing most of the work himself for the first two years he decided to hire some help. Rand Hired Andrew McNally, an Irish Immigrant, to work in his shop. After doing business with the Chicago Tribune, Rand and McNally were hired to run the Tribune's entire printing operation. Years later, Rand and McNally established Rand McNally & Co after purchasing the Tribune's printing business. They focused mainly on printing tickets, complete railroad guides and timetables for the booming railroad industry around the city. What made the company successful was the detailed maps of roadways, along with directions to certain places. Rand McNally was the first major map publisher to embrace a system of numbered highways and erected many of the roadside highway signs that have been adopted by state and federal highway authorities. The company is still making and updating the world maps that are looked at every day.
Name Meaning
Altered form of English Deborde , a surname of French origin.
French: habitational name, with the preposition de ‘from’, for someone from a place called Bord, in Creuse, or perhaps, from either of two places called Bort, in Puy-de-Dôme and Corrèze. Alternatively, a topographic name for someone who lived at the side of a road, river, or similar, from bord ‘border, edge’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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