Brief Life History of Charles Wesley
When Charles Wesley Hill was born on 4 July 1845, in Surry, North Carolina, United States, his father, Joel Hill, was 33 and his mother, Emily Davis, was 28. He married Nancy Goldman Parker on 13 February 1868, in Overton, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Overton, Tennessee, United States in 1880 and Coppell, Dallas, Texas, United States in 1910. He died on 26 January 1926, in Carrollton, Dallas, Texas, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Carrollton, Dallas, Texas, United States.
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- Charles W Hill, "United States Census, 1920"
- C. W. Hill, "Tennessee Marriages, 1796-1950"
- C W Hill, "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976"
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1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1846
Tennessee was known as the Volunteer State because during the Mexican War the government asked Tennessee for 3,000 volunteer soldiers and 30,000 joined.
1867 · Sorry Mr. President, You can't do that.
This Act was to restrict the power of the President removing certain office holders without approval of the Senate. It denies the President the power to remove any executive officer who had been appointed by the president with the advice and consent of the Senate, unless the Senate approved the removal during the next full session of Congress. The Amendment was later repealed.
Name Meaning
English: topographic name for someone who lived on or by a hill, from Middle English hill, hell, hull ‘hill’ (Old English hyll). Compare Hiller . This surname is also very common among African Americans.
English: possibly in some cases from the personal name Hille, a pet form of some name such as Hilger or Hillary .
German: from a short form of Hildebrand or any of a variety of other names, male and female, containing ancient Germanic hild ‘battle’ as the first element.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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