Brief Life History of Martha Jane
When Martha Jane Bobbitt was born on 12 August 1832, in Tennessee, United States, her father, James Bobbitt, was 50 and her mother, Mary " Polly" Gunn, was 42. She married Quincy M Grier in 1848, in Gibson, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She died on 6 April 1857, at the age of 24.
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- Birya F. Young, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"
- Mary (Gunn) Bobbitt will - 1852, Gibson County, Tennessee
- M I Bobbitt, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"
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1835 · The Hermitage is Built
The Hermitage located in Nashville, Tennessee was a plantation owned by President Andrew Jackson from 1804 until his death there in 1845. The Hermitage is now a museum.
1836 · Remember the Alamo
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.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
English (Suffolk and Somerset): perhaps from an unrecorded Middle English personal name Bobbet, which could be a diminutive of Bobbe (see Bubb ) or a rhyming form of the Middle English personal name Robet, a diminutive of Robert . However, Bob is not attested as a pet form of Robert before the 17th century.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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