Elizabeth Bibb Harding

Brief Life History of Elizabeth

When Elizabeth Bibb Harding was born on 3 January 1783, in Goochland, Virginia, United States, her father, Thomas Harding, was 29 and her mother, Jane Farrar, was 17. She married Alexander Underwood on 16 March 1799, in Goochland, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She died on 7 February 1824, in Davidson, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 41, and was buried in United States.

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Family Time Line

John W. Cockrill
1781–1841
Elizabeth Bibb Harding
1783–1824
Marriage: 1803
Sterling Robertson Cockrill
1804–1891
Washington Jefferson Cockrell
1808–1833
Elizabeth Underwood Cockrill
1810–
John Pike Cockrell
1819–1850
Elizabeth Minerva Cockrell
1806–1835
Granvill L Cockull
1809–1846
Alfred Madison Cockrell
1811–
Tennessee Virginia Cockrill
1815–1896
Valeria Veturia Cockrill
1816–1848
Elizabeth Bibb Cockrell
1819–1824

Sources (5)

  • Eliz. Bibb Hardine, "Virginia, Births and Christenings, 1853-1917"
  • Elizabeth Bibb Harding, "West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970"
  • Elizabeth Bibb Harding Cockrill, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1786 · Shays' Rebellion

Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.

1788 · Becomes the 10th state

On June 25, 1788 Virginia became the 10th state. 

1796 · Tennessee Becomes a State

On June 1, 1796, Tennessee became the 16th state.

Name Meaning

English (mainly West Midlands): from the medieval female personal name Bibbe or Bebbe, a pet form of Isabel .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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