Brief Life History of Emily L
When Emily L Bunn was born in 1834, in Raleigh, Wake, North Carolina, United States, her father, James Monroe Bunn, was 39 and her mother, Mary Peninah Goodwin, was 26. She married Jasper Newton Renfro on 16 March 1853, in Gibson, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She lived in Civil District 10, Lauderdale, Tennessee, United States in 1870 and District 6, Grainger, Tennessee, United States in 1880. She died on 28 January 1883, in Tipton, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 49.
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- Emily Bishop, "United States Census, 1870"
- Emily Bunn, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"
- Emily Bishop in household of Rufus Howard, "United States Census, 1880"
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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.
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.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Bone .
German: perhaps from Bunde 1.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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