Jefferson M. Crenshaw

Male27 October 1826–1861

Brief Life History of Jefferson M.

When Jefferson M. Crenshaw was born on 27 October 1826, in Pike, Georgia, United States, his father, James Jefferson Crenshaw, was 40 and his mother, Frances Ann Dupree, was 23. He married Malinda Turner on 5 February 1849, in Mobile, Mobile, Alabama, United States. He lived in Choctaw City, Choctaw, Alabama, United States in 1850. He died in 1861, in Bayou La Batre, Mobile, Alabama, United States, at the age of 35, and was buried in Bayou La Batre, Mobile, Alabama, United States.

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Jefferson M. Crenshaw
1826–1861
Malinda Turner
1831–1905
Marriage: 5 February 1849

Sources (21)

  • Crenshaw, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Jefferson Crenshaw, "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950"
  • Jefferson M Crenshaw, "Find A Grave Index"

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  • Marriage
    5 February 1849Mobile, Mobile, Alabama, United States

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    Siblings (2)

    World Events (8)

    1830 · The Second Great Awakening

    Age 4

    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.

    1832 · Worcester v. Georgia

    Age 6

    In 1830, U.S. President Andrew Jackson signed the Indian Removal Act which required all Native Americans to relocate to areas west of the Mississippi River. That same year, Governor Gilmer of Georgia signed an act which claimed for Georgia all Cherokee territories within the boundaries of Georgia. The Cherokees protested the act and the case made its way to the U.S. Supreme Court. The case, Worcester v. Georgia, ruled in 1832 that the United States, not Georgia, had rights over the Cherokee territories and Georgia laws regarding the Cherokee Nation were voided. President Jackson didn’t enforce the ruling and the Cherokees did not cede their land and Georgia held a land lottery anyway for white settlers.

    1836 · Remember the Alamo

    Age 10

    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 (Lancashire): variant of Cranshaw . This form is rare in Britain.

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

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