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 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 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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- P Bishup, "United States Census, 1860"
- Prairie Rencher, "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950"
- Legacy NFS Source: Prairie Rencher -
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1825 · The Crimes Act
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.
1832
Historical Boundaries: 1832: Sumter, Alabama, United States
1836 · Remember the Alamo
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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