Hugh Bevington

Brief Life History of Hugh

When Hugh Bevington was born on 17 January 1837, in Franklin Township, Columbiana, Ohio, United States, his father, Henry Bevington, was 38 and his mother, Margaret Laughlin, was 31. He married Urilda Ellen Kennedy about 1870, in Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Pennsylvania, United States in 1870 and Leet Township, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States in 1880. He died on 26 April 1883, in Sewickley, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 46, and was buried in Sewickley Cemetery, Sewickley, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Family Time Line

Hugh Bevington
1837–1883
Urilda Ellen Kennedy
1843–1929
Marriage: about 1870
Charles R. Bevington
1871–
Mary Derr Bevington
1872–1965
William Kennedy Bevington
Theodore Kennedy Bevington
1874–1922
Desdemona Katherine "Kate" Bevington
1875–1949
Yeatzer Hugh Bevington
1877–
Richard Hugh Bevington
1878–1935

Sources (11)

  • Hugh Bevington in household of Henry Bevington, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Ohio, County Marriages, 1774-1993
  • Hugh Bevington, "Pennsylvania Deaths and Burials, 1720-1999"

World Events (6)

1846

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

1860 · Ohio supports the Union side of the Civil War

Although divided as a state on the subject of slavery, Ohio participated in the Civil War on the Union's side, providing over 300,000 troops. Ohio provided the 3rd largest number of troops by any Union state.

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

Name Meaning

English:

(southwest Midlands): habitational name from either of two places, in Warwickshire and Gloucestershire, named Bevington, from the Old English personal name Bēofa + Old English -ing- implying association + tūn ‘settlement’.

variant of Babington .

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

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