Brief Life History of Martha Ann
When Martha Ann Bullard was born on 21 April 1821, in Warren, Tennessee, United States, her father, Benjamin Bullard, was 32 and her mother, Senith Rachel Barnes, was 17. She married Preston Ford Southern on 12 February 1837, in DeKalb, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Justice Precinct 1, Shelby, Texas, United States in 1870 and Justice Precinct 4, Wise, Texas, United States in 1880. She died on 7 March 1889, in Erath, Texas, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Huckabay, Erath, Texas, United States.
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- Martha South* in household of J P South*, "United States Census, 1870"
- Martha Ann Bullard Southern, "Find A Grave Index"
- Sarah Bullard in entry for Susan Mitchell, "Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976"
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1825 · The Crimes Act
The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
1836
Historical Boundaries: 1836: Shelby, Republic of Texas 1845: Shelby, Texas, United States
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
English:
occupational name for someone who kept bulls, from Middle English buleward, boleward ‘bull keeper’ or the rarer Middle English buleherd ‘bull herd’. The more common name for this occupation is Bulman .
alternatively, a variant of Buller + excrescent -d.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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