Brief Life History of Thomas Ammon
When Dr Thomas Ammon Hereford was born on 13 February 1818, in Rappahannock, Virginia, United States, his father, Ammon Hereford, was 27 and his mother, Amelia N Powell, was 27. He married Margaret Short Hereford about 1840, in Alabama, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He died on 7 January 1852, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 33.
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- Thomas A Hereford, "United States Census, 1850"
- Thomas Hereford in entry for Edward S Hereford, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
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World Events (7)
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.
1824 · """Mary Randolph Publishes """"The Virginia Housewife"""""""
“The Virginia Housewife” was published by Mary Randolph. It was the first cookbook published in America.
1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Hertford (Hertfordshire) (in which the t was lost early, as in the modern pronunciation Harford), Hereford (Herefordshire), or Harford (Devon, Gloucestershire). The Devon and Herefordshire placenames derive from Old English here ‘army’ + ford ‘ford’, while the Gloucestershire and Hertfordshire placenames derive from Old English heorot ‘hart, stag’ + ford.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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