Arabella "Bell" Gothard

Brief Life History of Arabella "Bell"

When Arabella "Bell" Gothard was born on 30 October 1842, in Tennessee, United States, her father, James Gothard, was 37 and her mother, Susanna Lea, was 34. She married John Olinger on 25 September 1868, in Hamilton, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in District 11, Grainger, Tennessee, United States for about 10 years and Civil District 4, Rhea, Tennessee, United States in 1910. She died on 13 November 1915, in Rhea, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Kiuka Cemetery, Dayton, Rhea, Tennessee, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Olinger
1840–1915
Arabella "Bell" Gothard
1842–1915
Marriage: 25 September 1868
Elizabeth "Lizzie" Olinger
1868–1913
John David Olinger
1873–1948
James W Olinger
1879–1934
Albert Olinger
1880–1880
Henry Ben Olinger
1884–1904

Sources (13)

  • Mary A Olinger in household of Joel Olinger, "United States Census, 1880"
  • Arabella Gothard, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"
  • Arbell Olinger, "Tennessee Death Records, 1914-1963"

World Events (8)

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1856

Oldest grave seen in memorials list

1862 · Battle of Shiloh

The battle of Shiloh took place on April 6, 1862 and April 7, 1862. Confederate soldiers camp through the woods next to where the Union soldiers were camped at Pittsburg Landing on the Tennessee River. With 23,000 casualties this was the bloodiest battle of the Civil War up to this point.

Name Meaning

English: variant of Goddard .

English: occupational name for a keeper of goats, from Middle English gotherde (Old English gāt ‘goat’ + hierde) ‘herdsman, keeper’.

English: variant of Goater, with excrescent -d, either a topographic name for someone who lived by a stream or ditch, from Middle English gote ‘watercourse’ + the agent suffix -(e)r, or an occupational name either from Middle English gotherde ‘goatherd’ or from Middle English goter ‘goatherd’, an agent derivative of Middle English got(e) ‘goat’ (Old English gāt).

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

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