Brief Life History of Gilbert Gilford Russell “Gil”
When Gilbert Gilford Russell “Gil” Maples was born on 9 December 1818, in Sevier, Tennessee, United States, his father, Thomas D Maples, was 28 and his mother, Lydia Pauline Atchley, was 24. He married Eleanor Brunetta McMahan on 10 June 1843, in Sevier, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Sevierville, Sevier, Tennessee, United States in 1870 and Harrisburg, Sevier, Tennessee, United States in 1880. In 1850, at the age of 32, his occupation is listed as farmer in Sevier, Tennessee, United States. He died on 22 October 1900, in Sevier, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Red Bank Cemetery, Richardson Cove, Sevier, Tennessee, United States.
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- G R Maples, "United States Census, 1850"
- Gilbert Gilford Russell Maples, "Find A Grave Index"
- Guilford R Maples, "United States General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934"
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1819 · Panic! of 1819
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
1827
Ludwig von Beethoven dies. A German native, he dies in Vienna, Austria.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
topographic name for someone who lived beside maple trees, from Middle English mapel, plural mapeles (see Maple ).
variant of Maple , with post-medieval excrescent -s.
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Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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