Brief Life History of Jesse L
When Jesse L Whitaker was born on 19 November 1846, in Fairview, Buncombe, North Carolina, United States, his father, Henry Whitaker, was 35 and his mother, Margaret Jerusha Harper, was 39. He married Martha Rosilla Garren on 2 October 1866. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 3 daughters. He died on 11 June 1915, in his hometown, at the age of 68, and was buried in Cane Creek Cemetery, Fairview, Buncombe, North Carolina, United States.
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- Jesse Whitaker, "United States Census, 1870"
- Jesse Whitaker, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 "
- Jessie Whitaker, "North Carolina Deaths, 1906-1930"
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1853 · First State Fair
The first state fair in North Carolina was held in Raleigh and was put on by the North Carolina State Agricultural Society in 1853. The fair has been continuous except for during the American Civil War and Reconstruction and WWII.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1865
Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
Name Meaning
English (Yorkshire and Lancashire): habitational name from Whitacre in Warwickshire or High Whitaker in Lancashire, both of whose names derive from Old English hwīt ‘white’ + æcer ‘field’. The name may also be derived from Wheatacre in Norfolk or Whiteacre in Waltham (Kent), both of which derive from Old English hwǣte ‘wheat’ + æcer ‘field’. Compare Whittaker .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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