Brief Life History of William
When William Wixom Eldredge was born on 28 January 1817, in Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Jonathan Eldredge, was 24 and his mother, Rebecca Wixom, was 21. He married Dorcas Young on 28 January 1845, in Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Massachusetts, United States in 1870. He died on 8 October 1884, in Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States.
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- William W Eldridge, "United States Census, 1860"
- Legacy NFS Source: William Wixom Eldredge - birth: 28 January 1817; Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States
- William W. Eldredge, "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915"
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1819 · Panic! of 1819
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
1820 · Making States Equal
The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.
1836 · Remember the Alamo
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
Name Meaning
English: probably an altered form of Wixon (see Wickson ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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