Frances Elizabeth Jane McGehee

Brief Life History of Frances Elizabeth Jane

When Frances Elizabeth Jane McGehee was born on 20 May 1828, in Georgia, United States, her father, Abner William McGehee, was 49 and her mother, Jane Meriwether Gilmer, was 35. She married Etheldred E. Briggs on 9 December 1845, in Montgomery, Alabama, United States. She lived in Alabama, United States in 1870 and Hope Hull, Montgomery, Alabama, United States in 1880. She died on 2 February 1891, in Lowndes, Alabama, United States, at the age of 62, and was buried in Hope Hull, Montgomery, Alabama, United States.

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Family Time Line

Colonel James Graham Gilchrist
1814–1890
Frances Elizabeth Jane McGehee
1828–1891
Marriage: 1854
Susan L Gilchrist
1855–1855
Abner McGehee Gilchrist
1858–1889
James Norman Gilchrist
1860–1891
J Thomas Gilchrist
1864–1881

Sources (8)

  • Frances E T Briggs, "United States Census, 1850"
  • F E I Mcgehee, "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950"
  • Elizabeth Jane Briggs McGehee Gilchrist, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (7)

1830 · The Second Great Awakening

Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.

1830

Historical Boundaries: 1830: Lowndes, Alabama, United States

1846

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

Name Meaning

Irish: probably a variant of McGaughey .

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

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