Brief Life History of Samuel Wayland Newman
When Colonel Samuel Wayland Newman Feamster was born on 21 February 1836, in Greenbrier, West Virginia, United States, his father, William Feamster, was 33 and his mother, Martha Alderson, was 39. He married Ann Elizabeth McClung on 4 June 1877, in Greenbrier, West Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Greenbrier, Virginia, United States in 1860 and Blue Sulphur District, Greenbrier, West Virginia, United States for about 30 years. He registered for military service in 1861. He died on 15 April 1915, at the age of 79, and was buried in Old Greenbrier Baptist Church Cemetery, Alderson, Greenbrier, West Virginia, United States.
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- Newman Feamster, "United States Census, 1860"
- S W Feamster, "West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970"
- Samuel William Newman Feamster, "Find A Grave Index"
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1844 · Lumpkin's Jail
In 1844 when Robert Lumpkin bought land in Virginia, this would be the spot of the Infamous Slave Jail (or Lumpkin’s Jail). The slaves would be brought here during the slave trade until they were sold. Lumpkin had purchased the land for his own slave business.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1861 · The Battle of Manassas
The Battle of Manassas is also referred to as the First Battle of Bull Run. 35,000 Union troops were headed towards Washington D.C. after 20,000 Confederate forces. The McDowell's Union troops fought with General Beauregard's Confederate troops along a little river called Bull Run.
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English and Scottish: variant of Feemster .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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