Brief Life History of Jesse
When Jesse Poyner was born on 20 September 1826, in Wilson, Tennessee, United States, his father, John O Poyner, was 31 and his mother, Elizabeth E. S. Haralson, was 30. He married Eliza Ann Wright on 7 October 1850, in Wilson, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Hartford, Ohio, Kentucky, United States in 1860 and Beaver Dam, Ohio, Kentucky, United States in 1880. He died on 15 January 1885, in Ohio, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 58, and was buried in Beaver Dam Baptist Church Cemetery, Beaver Dam, Ohio, Kentucky, United States.
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- Jepu Poiner in household of John Poiner, "United States Census, 1850"
- Jesse Poyner, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"
- Jesse P. Poyner, "Find A Grave Index"
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1830 · Louisville and Portland Canal Opens
The Louisville and Portland canal opened in 1830. It was a 2 mile canal. It helped with the barrier caused by the Falls of the Ohio River at Louisville by making a route around them.
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.
1846
Tennessee was known as the Volunteer State because during the Mexican War the government asked Tennessee for 3,000 volunteer soldiers and 30,000 joined.
Name Meaning
English (West Midlands; of Norman origin): nickname for a fighter, from Anglo-Norman French poigneur, pugneire ‘fighter, warrior’ (from Latin pugnator, from pugnare ‘to fight’, a derivative of pugnus ‘fist’).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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