Brief Life History of Albert
When Albert Elrod was born on 1 August 1862, in Putnam, Tennessee, United States, his father, John "Jack" Elrod, was 36 and his mother, Mary "Polly" Martin, was 36. He married Sarah J Wells on 23 August 1883, in Dickson, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. He lived in Tennessee, United States in 1870. He died before 1891, in Dickson, Tennessee, United States, and was buried in Dickson, Tennessee, United States.
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- Albert Elrod in household of John Elrod, "United States Census, 1870"
- Albert Elrod, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"
- Albert Elrod in entry for Almedie Rice, "Tennessee Death Records, 1914-1955"
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1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1865 · Sultana Tragedy
In April of 1865, the steamboat the Sultana exploded. The Civil War had been over for awhile so this was considered the worst maritime disaster in US history. Compared to the Titanic where 1,512 people were killed, 1,8000 soldiers were killed on the Sultana. Confederate soldiers that weeks earlier had been fighting with Union soldiers were now fighting to save their lives.
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
Altered form of North German Ellrott, Ellrodt, perhaps a habitational name from Ellierode near Northeim, Lower Saxony, either of two places in Hesse named Ellingerode, or two lost places so named. In the US, this surname is very frequent in GA, TN, and TX.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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