When Prairie Rencher was born in 1825, in Wake, North Carolina, United States, her father, John Nelson Rencher, was 36 and her mother, Elizabeth Barbee, was 35. 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 5 daughters. She lived in Greene, Alabama, United States in 1850 and Sumter, Alabama, United States in 1860. She died after 1860, in Alabama, United States.
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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.
Historical Boundaries: 1832: Sumter, Alabama, United States
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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