Lucinda Dodson

Brief Life History of Lucinda

When Lucinda Dodson was born on 18 September 1834, in Polk, Tennessee, United States, her father, Warren Dodson, was 23 and her mother, Emmaline Matilda Beene, was 23. She married James H McKissack in 1853, in Polk, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 4 daughters. She lived in Ellis, Texas, United States in 1880 and Justice Precinct 2, Ellis, Texas, United States in 1900. She died on 5 February 1920, in Palmer, Ellis, Texas, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Palmer Cemetery, Palmer, Ellis, Texas, United States.

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Family Time Line

James H McKissack
1832–1862
Lucinda Dodson
1834–1920
Marriage: 1853
Abraham McKissack
1854–1894
Amanda McKissack
1856–1882
Martha Jane McKissack
1858–1936
Louisa McKissack
1860–1875
Rebecca McKissick
1862–1934

Sources (7)

  • Lucinda McKisic, "United States Census, 1880"
  • Lucinda McKissack, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Loucinda Dotson in entry for Rebecca Sealy, "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976"

World Events (8)

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.

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.

1861 · Texas Secedes from the United States

On February 1, 1861, Texas seceded from the United States. On March 2, 1861, they had joined with the Confederate States of America.

Name Meaning

patronymic from Dodd ; ‘son of Dod(d) or Dud(d)’ from Middle English Dodd(e), Dudd(e), Old English Dodd(a), Dudd(a), + -son. Alternatively, the name may arise from a Middle English form of Old English Dodesunu, a compound personal name formed from the same elements as above and impossible to tell apart from the Middle English patronymic.

post-medieval variant of Dodgson with simplification of the medial dgs.

English:

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

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