Brief Life History of James H C
When James H C Younger was born on 30 May 1836, in Santa Fe, Maury, Tennessee, United States, his father, William David Younger, was 28 and his mother, Mary Elizabeth Wakefield, was 22. He married Sarah Jackson Adkisson on 14 January 1856, in Maury, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He died on 22 March 1860, in Maury, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 23, and was buried in Maury, Tennessee, United States.
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- James C Younger in household of William Younger, "United States Census, 1850"
- James C Younger, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"
- Joe Younger, "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976"
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World Events (2)
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
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 (mainly Northumberland and eastern Scotland): from Middle English yungre ‘younger’, comparative of Young , used to distinguish a younger man from an older man bearing the same personal name (typically, father and son). In one case, at least, however, the name is known to have been borne by an immigrant Fleming, and was probably an Americanized form of Middle Dutch jongheer ‘young nobleman’ (see Jonker ).
Americanized form of various cognate or like-sounding names in other languages, notably German Junger and Junker , or Dutch Jonker .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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