Brief Life History of Franklin Lewis
When Franklin Lewis Gaumer was born about 1844, in Whitehall Township, Lehigh, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Moses D Gaumer, was 38 and his mother, Susanna Sarah Salome, was 26. He lived in Lower Macungie Township, Lehigh, Pennsylvania, United States in 1860. He registered for military service in 1862. He died on 10 May 1862, at the age of 19, and was buried in Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia, United States.
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- Frank Gaumer in household of Mopes Gaumer, "United States Census, 1850"
- Lewis Gaumer, "Pennsylvania, Register of Military Volunteers, 1861-1865"
- Franklin Lewis Gaumer, "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.
Name Meaning
Swiss German: occupational name for an official moral censor, a supervisor, or overseer, Middle High German goumer.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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