Prairie Rencher

Female1825–after 1860

Brief Life History of Prairie

When Prairie Rencher was born in 1825, in Wake, North Carolina, United States, her father, John Nelson Rencher, was 36 and her mother, Elizabeth 'Betsy' Barbee, was 36. She married Thomas Nelson Bishop on 3 June 1843, in Greens Station, Jefferson, Alabama, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 4 daughters. She lived in Greene, Alabama, United States in 1850. She died after 1860, in Alabama, United States, at the age of 8174.

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Family Time Line

Thomas Nelson Bishop
1812–
Prairie Rencher
1825–1860
Marriage: 3 June 1843
Virginia A. Bishop
1845–
Mary J. Bishop
1846–
Narcissa E Bishop
1848–
Thomas B. Bishop
1849–
Arabella “Belle” Hinton Bishop
1857–1929

Sources (5)

  • Preria Bishop in household of Thomas N Bishop, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Prairie Rencher, "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950"
  • United States Census, 1860; https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9YBV-98YB?cc=1473181&wc=7QJZ-GP5%3A1589422203%2C1589422234%2C1589422235

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    3 June 1843Greens Station, Jefferson, Alabama, United States
  • Children (5)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (9)

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    World Events (5)

    1825 · The Crimes Act

    Age 0

    The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.

    1830 · Trail of Tears

    Age 5

    In the 1830's, President Jackson called for all the Native Americans to be forced off their own land. As the Cherokee were forced out of North Carolina many of them hid in the mountains of North Carolina.

    1836 · Remember the Alamo

    Age 11

    Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.

    Name Meaning

    English:

    variant of Renshaw .

    perhaps also a nickname from Middle English wrench ‘trick, wile, deceit’ + the derivational suffix -er, with the sense ‘trickster’; compare Rench .

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

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