Brief Life History of Baswell
When Baswell Newman was born on 12 May 1844, in South Carolina, United States, his father, Phanteroy Daniel Newman, was 37 and his mother, Julia Cassandra Wilson, was 41. He married Hannah W. Yarborough on 18 July 1866, in Fayette, Alabama, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Alabama, United States in 1870 and Lamar, Alabama, United States in 1880. He died on 31 January 1899, in Fayette, Alabama, United States, at the age of 54, and was buried in Fayette, Fayette, Alabama, United States.
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- Bazell Newman, "United States Census, 1860"
- Bazil New?Ma, "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950"
- Baswell Newman, "Find A Grave Index"
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1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1860
In 1860, South Carolina quit the United States because its citizens were in favor of slavery and President Lincoln was not. The Civil War started a year later.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
English (southern): nickname from Middle English newe ‘new’ (i.e. newly arrived or newly appointed) + man ‘man’ (Old English nīwe + mann).
Americanized form (translation into English) of surnames meaning ‘new man, newcomer’, for example German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) Neumann , Swedish Nyman , Polish Nowak , Czech or Slovak Novák, Slovenian, Croatian, or Serbian Novak .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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