Brief Life History of Pernecia Ellen
When Pernecia Ellen Griffith was born in 1834, in Caldwell, Kentucky, United States, her father, Jeptha Griffith, was 30 and her mother, Asanath Griffith, was 29. She married Julian Wesley White on 24 November 1853, in Caldwell, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Tennessee Magisterial District, Caldwell, Kentucky, United States for about 10 years. She died on 17 March 1893, in Caldwell, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 59, and was buried in Princeton, Caldwell, Kentucky, United States.
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- Pernecia White in household of Julian White, "United States Census, 1860"
- P E Griffith, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
- Pernecia Ellen Griffith White, "Find a Grave Index"
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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.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1850 · 8th Most Populated State
According to the 1850 census Kentucky was the 8th most populated state with 982,405 people.
Name Meaning
Welsh (Carmarthenshire and western England): from the Old Welsh personal name Gruffudd, Old Welsh Grip(p)iud, composed of the elements grip, of uncertain significance, + iud ‘chief, lord’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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