Brief Life History of Rutha Toliver
When Rutha Toliver Berryman was born in 1810, in Madison, Georgia, United States, her father, Charles Berryman, was 50 and her mother, Nancy Moore Settle Bragg, was 21. She married Alford McDuff on 31 August 1830, in Madison, Georgia, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She died about 1838, in Georgia, United States, at the age of 29.
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- Rutha T. Berryman, "Georgia Marriages, 1808-1967"
- Rutha T. Berryman, "Georgia, Marriages, 1808-1967"
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1811 · The Savannah Riots
A barroom brawl in Savannah on Tuesday, November 12, 1811, had international impact. An American seaman boasted of having joined the crew of a French vessel, likely named La Vengeance. Others became upset at the idea of the American joining a foreign nation and a brawl erupted. The county coroner asked for peace but was beaten with clubs. A second clash occurred the following day when French sailors attacked five American seaman. A day after the second attack, twenty French sailors attacked six Americans. Four of them escaped but two were beaten and stabbed. Jacob Taylor died on the scene and a rigger named Collins died the following day. By Friday, a full scale riot erupted when the French crewmen arrested on murder charges were released. Many were arrested and French ships La Vengeance and La Franchise were burned. In the end, the incident caused disruptions in French-American relations and affected shipping and trade.
1812
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
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.
Name Meaning
English (Cornwall): topographic name from Middle English bury, biry, bery ‘town, borough, castle, manor house’ (ultimately from the dative case, byrig, of Old English burh ‘stronghold, fortified place’) + man ‘man’. The name may also be occupational, denoting or servant at one of these.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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