Brief Life History of George Samuel
When George Samuel Tate was born on 21 September 1843, in Maury, Tennessee, United States, his father, Alexander J Tate, was 27 and his mother, Sarah Jane Bryan, was 16. He married Mary Eliza Owen on 19 January 1869, in Maury, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He died on 26 November 1919, in Lynnville, Giles, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Lynnville, Giles, Tennessee, United States.
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Sources (16)
- George S Tate in household of Alexander J Tate, "United States Census, 1850"
- George S Tate, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"
- Geo. S. Tate, "Tennessee, Death Records, 1914-1955"
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World Events (8)
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1846
Tennessee was known as the Volunteer State because during the Mexican War the government asked Tennessee for 3,000 volunteer soldiers and 30,000 joined.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
English (northern):
from an unrecorded Middle English personal name Tate (Old English Tāta, from tāt ‘happy’).
usually a variant of Tait .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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