Brief Life History of Lemuel Hadley Hobson
When Lemuel Hadley Hobson Vestal was born on 23 April 1841, in Surry, North Carolina, United States, his father, Thomas Vestal, was 40 and his mother, Obedience "Biddy" Williams, was 36. He married Millie Ayers about 1862. He lived in Petaluma, Sonoma, California, United States for about 30 years and Santa Rosa Judicial Township, Sonoma, California, United States in 1920. He died on 24 December 1923, in Sonoma, California, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Santa Rosa, Sonoma, California, United States.
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- Samuel Vestal, "United States Census, 1920"
- Lemuel H. Or A. Vestal, "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952"
- Lemuel H Vestal, "California Death Index, 1905-1939"
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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.
1850
Historical Boundaries: 1850: Sonoma, California, United States
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
English (of French Huguenot origin): altered form of French Vassal, status name for a medieval retainer (see Vassell ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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