Brief Life History of Edna "Edny"
When Edna "Edny" Rowton was born in 1831, in Missouri, United States, her father, William D Rowton Jr, was 35 and her mother, Lucy Riley Richmond, was 37. She married John Grissom on 31 July 1847, in Montgomery, Arkansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Ouachita, Louisiana, United States in 1850 and Caddo Township, Montgomery, Arkansas, United States in 1860.
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- Edna Grisham in household of John Grisham, "United States Census, 1850"
- Edna Rowtor, "Arkansas, County Marriages, 1837-1957"
- Edna Rowton in entry for John Grissam, "Arkansas Marriages, 1837-1944"
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1832 · The Black Hawk War
Convinced that a group of Native American tribes were hostile, The United States formed a frontier militia to stop them in their tracks. Even though Black Hawk was hoping to avoid bloodshed while trying to resettle on tribal land, U.S. officials opened fire on the Native Americans. Black Hawk then responded to this confrontation by successfully attacking the militia at the Battle of Stillman's Run and then left northward. After a few months the militia caught up with Black Hawk and his men and defeated them at the Battle of Wisconsin Heights. While being weakened by hunger, injuries and desertion, Black Hawk and the rest of the many native survivors retreated towards the Mississippi. Unfortunately, Black Hawk and other leaders were later captured when they surrendered to the US forces and were then imprisoned for a year.
1861
Arkansas supplied an estimated 50,000 men to the Confederate Army andabout 15,000 to the Union Army.
1862 · Battle of Pea Ridge
By the time the Battle of Pea Ridge happened the Union forces had pushed Confederates through Missouri and Arkansas. This battle was important in securing Missouri for the Union and opening Arkansas for the Union.
Name Meaning
English:
habitational name from one or more of several places called with Old English rūh ‘rough’ + tūn ‘farmstead, estate’. These include Rowton near Shrewsbury (Shropshire), Roughton in Worfield (Shropshire), Rowton (Cheshire), and The Roughter in Icklesham (next to Guestling, Sussex). Compare Roughton .
occasionally a habitational name from Wroughton (Wiltshire), from the river Worf (the old name for the river Ray, probably from the British root uerb ‘wind, turn’) + Old English tūn ‘farmstead, estate’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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