Brief Life History of James Thompson
When James Thompson Dilworth was born on 7 December 1825, in Monroeton, Monroe, Alabama, United States, his father, Richard Dilworth, was 29 and his mother, Jane Harman, was 25. He married Lydia Elizabeth Greenwood on 28 July 1853, in Monroe, Mississippi, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Athens, Monroe, Mississippi, United States in 1880. He registered for military service in 1862. He died on 28 January 1891, in Monroe, Mississippi, United States, at the age of 65.
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- J T Dilworth, "United States Census, 1860"
- James T. Dilworth, "Mississippi, Marriages, 1800-1911"
- James T Dilworth, "United States Confederate Officers Card Index, 1861-1865"
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1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
1830 · The Oregon Trail
Many people started their 2,170-mile West trek to settle the land found by Louis and Clark. They used large-wheeled wagons to pack most of their belongings and were guided by trails that were made by the previous trappers and traders who walked the area. Over time the trail needed annual improvements to make the trip faster and safer. Most of Interstate 80 and 84 cover most of the ground that was the original trail.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
English (Lancashire): habitational name from Dilworth in Lancashire, named from Old English dile ‘dill’ (a medicinal and culinary herb) + worth ‘enclosure’.
Irish (Tyrone): English surname adopted by bearers of the Gaelic name Ó Dubhluachra ‘descendant of Dubhluachra’, a compound of dubh ‘black’ + luachair ‘rushes’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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