Brief Life History of Martha
Martha Hyder was born in 1805, in Carter, Tennessee, United States. She married Michael Millsaps about 1819, in Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Monroe, Tennessee, United States in 1850 and Franklin, Tennessee, United States in 1870.
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Sources (2)
- Martha Millsaps, "United States Census, 1850"
- Martha Millsapse in household of Adam Millsapse, "United States Census, 1870"
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World Events (8)
1808
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
1835 · The Hermitage is Built
The Hermitage located in Nashville, Tennessee was a plantation owned by President Andrew Jackson from 1804 until his death there in 1845. The Hermitage is now a museum.
1836 · Remember the Alamo
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.
Name Meaning
English (Kent and Sussex): status name or topographic name for one who lived on or possessed a hide of land, from Middle English hide + the locative suffix -er. This is a characteristically southeastern English name, synonymous with Middle English atte hide elsewhere (see Hyde ).
Americanized form of German Heider .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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