Brief Life History of William Alexander
When William Alexander Shouse was born in 1838, in Mount Airy Township, Surry, North Carolina, United States, his father, Philip Shouse, was 26 and his mother, Tabitha Elitha Haymore, was 14. He married Elizabeth F Crawley on 1 November 1866, in Morgan, Georgia, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in District 281, Morgan, Georgia, United States in 1860 and District 284, Morgan, Georgia, United States in 1880. He died in 1895, in Morgan, Georgia, United States, at the age of 57.
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- William Shouse in household of Phillip Shouse, "United States Census, 1860"
- William W. Shouse, "Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950"
- William Shouse in entry for Charles C Shouse, "Georgia Deaths, 1914-1927"
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1838 · Orders No. 25 Removes Cherokees
A small group of Cherokees from Georgia voluntarily migrated to the Indian Territory. The remaining Cherokees in Georgia resisted the mounting pressure to leave. In 1838, U.S. President Martin Van Buren ordered U.S. troops to remove the Cherokee Nation. The troops gathered the Cherokees and marched them and other Native Americans from North Carolina, Tennessee, and Alabama along what is now known as “The Trail of Tears.” Approximately 5,000 Cherokees died on their way to Indian Territory.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1861
Civil War History - Some 11,000 Georgians gave their lives in defense of their state a state that suffered immense destruction. But wars end brought about an even more dramatic figure to tell: 460,000 African-Americans were set free from the shackles of slavery to begin new lives as free people.
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Americanized form of German Schauss .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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