When James E. Britt was born on 7 September 1833, in Robeson, North Carolina, United States, his father, Reddin Britt, was 31 and his mother, Delilah Zilaph Lewis, was 21. He married Elizabeth Ann Nance in 1854, in Robeson, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Britts Township, Robeson, North Carolina, United States for about 10 years. He died on 23 December 1904, in Robeson, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Hog Swamp Church Cemetery, Lumberton, Robeson, North Carolina, United States.
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Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
The first state fair in North Carolina was held in Raleigh and was put on by the North Carolina State Agricultural Society in 1853. The fair has been continuous except for during the American Civil War and Reconstruction and WWII.
English: ethnic name for a Celtic-speaking Briton or a Breton, from Middle English brit, bret, Old French bret (see Brett ).
German: from a vernacular form of the personal name Brixius (see Brice ).
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