Brief Life History of Terrah A.
When Terrah A. Craft was born in 1849, in Elbert, Georgia, United States, her father, Willis Craft, was 40 and her mother, Martha Terrell Franklin, was 40.
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- L Craft in household of W Craft, "United States Census, 1850"
- Terrah A Craft in household of Willis Craft, "United States Census, 1860"
- Terrah A Craft in household of Willis Craft, '1860 United States Federal Census' on MyHeritage
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World Events (8)
1861
Civil War History - Some 11,000 Georgians gave their lives in defense of their state a state that suffered immense destruction. But wars end brought about an even more dramatic figure to tell: 460,000 African-Americans were set free from the shackles of slavery to begin new lives as free people.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
Name Meaning
English: nickname from Middle English craft ‘skillful, clever, learned’.
English: habitational name from Croft in Leicestershire. See also Croft .
Americanized form of German, Danish, Swedish, or Jewish Kraft . See also Croft .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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