Susan Allen Barfield

Brief Life History of Susan Allen

Susan Allen Barfield was born on 16 April 1856, in Ripley, Lauderdale, Tennessee, United States as the daughter of William Dickson Barfield and Susan Allen. She married Daniel Fletcher Jennings on 11 February 1878, in Lauderdale, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 7 daughters. She lived in Lauderdale, Tennessee, United States for about 20 years and Civil District 10, Lauderdale, Tennessee, United States in 1900. She died on 14 July 1942, in Tipton, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 86.

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Family Time Line

Daniel Fletcher Jennings
1848–1911
Susan Allen Barfield
1856–1942
Marriage: 11 February 1878
Susan Jennings
1876–
Virginia Green Jennings
1880–1974
Mary Ada Jennings
1881–1939
William Columbus Jennings
1883–1982
Minnie Jennings
1886–1961
Susan W. Jennings
1888–1888
Daniel Fred Jennings
1890–1975
John Henry Jennings
1892–1966
Allie M Jennings
1893–1949
Florence Jennings
1896–1981

Sources (14)

  • Susan Barfield in household of William D Barfield, "United States Census, 1860"
  • S A Barfield, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"
  • Susan Jennings, "Tennessee, Death Records, 1914-1955"

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World Events (8)

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.

1863

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

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

Name Meaning

English:

(Suffolk, Rutland): of Norman origin, from Berville-la-Champagne in Eure, or from any of the six Bervilles in Normandy, three in Eure, two in Seine-Maritime, or one in Calvados (all France).

(Kent): variant of Burvill, a habitational name from Barville in Tilmanstone, Kent, named with Old English bær ‘bare’ + feld ‘open land’.

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

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