Brief Life History of Alexander Drayton
When Alexander Drayton Strickland was born in 1849, in Mississippi, United States, his father, William Garner Strickland, was 28 and his mother, Lucinda Sintha Bunn, was 27. He married Julia Coleman on 21 December 1874, in Marshall, Mississippi, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Chulahoma, Marshall, Mississippi, United States in 1900 and Beat 1, DeSoto, Mississippi, United States in 1910. He died on 23 March 1917, at the age of 68.
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- Alexander Strickland in household of Wm Stephens, "United States Census, 1860"
- A. D. Strickland in entry for Alma Herrington, "Tennessee Deaths, 1914-1966"
- Alex D Strickland in household of Wm G Strickland, "United States Census, 1850"
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World Events (8)
1861
Mississippi became the second state to leave the Union at the start of the Civil War in 1861.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1867 · Sorry Mr. President, You can't do that.
This Act was to restrict the power of the President removing certain office holders without approval of the Senate. It denies the President the power to remove any executive officer who had been appointed by the president with the advice and consent of the Senate, unless the Senate approved the removal during the next full session of Congress. The Amendment was later repealed.
Name Meaning
English (Lancashire and Yorkshire): habitational name from Great and Little Strickland (Westmorland) or Strickland Ketel and Strickland Roger (also Westmorland). The placenames derive from Old English stīrc ‘stirk, young bullock or heifer’ + land ‘land’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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