James M Spain was born in 1851, in Tennessee, United States. He married Mary Eliza Coker on 24 December 1876, in Dade, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Finley Township, Christian, Missouri, United States for about 20 years. He died after 1910.
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The battle of Shiloh took place on April 6, 1862 and April 7, 1862. Confederate soldiers camp through the woods next to where the Union soldiers were camped at Pittsburg Landing on the Tennessee River. With 23,000 casualties this was the bloodiest battle of the Civil War up to this point.
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
English (Kent) and Irish (Tipperary and Offaly):
of Norman origin, a habitational name from Épaignes (Eure), recorded as Hispania in the 12th century. It was probably so named because it was established by colonists from Spain during the Roman Empire.
of Norman origin, a habitational name from Espinay (Ille-et-Vilaine) in Brittany. The placename derives from Old French espinee, a collective form of espine ‘thorn’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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