Brief Life History of Sylvania
When Sylvania Allred was born on 16 April 1819, in Alabama, United States, her father, Thomas ALLRED Jr, was 48 and her mother, Margaret Aldredge, was 47. She married Alfred Wood on 19 July 1840, in Knox, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in District 8, Grainger, Tennessee, United States in 1880. She died on 13 September 1885, in Knox, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 66, and was buried in Powell, Knox, Tennessee, United States.
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- Sylvania Woods in household of Alfred Woods, "United States Census, 1870"
- S Allred, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"
- Sylvania Wood, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1820 · Making States Equal
The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.
1835 · The Hermitage is Built
The Hermitage located in Nashville, Tennessee was a plantation owned by President Andrew Jackson from 1804 until his death there in 1845. The Hermitage is now a museum.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Aldred 1.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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