Brivett Fremont Jolley

Brief Life History of Brivett Fremont

When Brivett Fremont Jolley was born on 1 January 1846, in Cleveland, North Carolina, United States, his father, Thomas Spencer Jolley, was 31 and his mother, Elizabeth Moore, was 26. He married Rachel Pernina Elmore about 1868, in Cleveland, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Township 2, Cleveland, North Carolina, United States for about 20 years and North Carolina, United States in 1935. He died on 3 January 1935, in Cleveland, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 89, and was buried in Boiling Springs, Cleveland, North Carolina, United States.

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Family Time Line

Brivett Fremont Jolley
1846–1935
Rachel Pernina Elmore
1839–1897
Marriage: about 1868
Mary Elizabeth Jolley
1869–1944
John Thomas Jolley Sr.
1872–1923
Susan Dora Jolley
1874–1884
David Andrew Jolley
1878–1962

Sources (25)

  • Brevet Fremont Jolly in household of Thomas Jolly, "United States Census, 1850"
  • B F Jolly, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 "
  • Brivett F Jolley, "United States Headstone Applications for U.S. Military Veterans, 1925-1949"

World Events (8)

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1853 · First State Fair

The first state fair in North Carolina was held in Raleigh and was put on by the North Carolina State Agricultural Society in 1853. The fair has been continuous except for during the American Civil War and Reconstruction and WWII.

1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment

Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.

Name Meaning

English: variant of Jolly .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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