Brief Life History of John H
When John H Dinwiddie was born in 1820, in Kentucky, United States, his father, James Dinwiddie, was 33 and his mother, Jane Givens, was 30. He married Mary Frances Bobbitt on 1 July 1840, in Gibson, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Henry, Henry, Tennessee, United States in 1850. He died on 29 August 1900, at the age of 80.
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- John H Dinwiddie, "United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1850 "
- Jno N Dinwiddy, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"
- J H Denwoody in entry for Elizabeth S Mauldin, "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976"
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1830 · Louisville and Portland Canal Opens
The Louisville and Portland canal opened in 1830. It was a 2 mile canal. It helped with the barrier caused by the Falls of the Ohio River at Louisville by making a route around them.
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.
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.
Name Meaning
Scottish (Dumfriesshire): habitational name from Dinwoodie near Dumfries. The placename is first recorded in 1296 in the form Dinwithie, Dunwythye, and is probably named with British words that are ancestors of Welsh din ‘forest’ + gwydd ‘shrubs, bushes’.
History: Robert Dinwiddie, born in Glasgow in 1693, was lieutenant governor of VA from 1751 to 1758.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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