When Martin Van Buren Strickler was born on 15 May 1837, in Rockingham, Virginia, United States, his father, David Strickler, was 36 and his mother, Mary Ann Kibler, was 17. He married Margaret "Peggy" Kite on 5 July 1860, in Leaksville, Page, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Virginia, United States in 1870 and Marksville, Page, Virginia, United States for about 20 years. He died on 3 September 1925, in Luray, Page, Virginia, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in Leaksville Church Cemetery, Leaksville, Page, Virginia, United States.
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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.
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
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.
German (Rhineland) and Swiss German: variant of Stricker .
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