Brief Life History of John
When John Havens was born in 1814, in Jefferson, Tennessee, United States, his father, John Havens, was 42 and his mother, Catherine Hamilton, was 45. He married Artemacia Gotcher on 2 August 1832, in Clay, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Texas, United States in 1870 and Justice Precinct 2, Hunt, Texas, United States in 1880. He died on 12 April 1893, in Hunt, Texas, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Mcwright Cemetery, Greenville, Hunt, Texas, United States.
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- John Havens, "United States Census, 1880"
- John Havens, "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991"
- John Havens, "Find A Grave Index"
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1819 · Panic! of 1819
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
1820 · Making States Equal
The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.
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.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Haven , with post-medieval excrescent -s.
Welsh: variant of Evans .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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