Brief Life History of Cornelia E.
When Cornelia E. Phillips was born on 10 August 1834, in Homer, Homer, Cortland, New York, United States, her father, Chester Phillips, was 34 and her mother, Amanda Clark, was 33. She married Jesse P. Ames on 31 December 1851, in Broome, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in New York, United States in 1870 and Triangle, Broome, New York, United States for about 25 years. She died on 7 October 1909, in Buffalo, Erie, New York, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Whitney Point, Triangle, Broome, New York, United States.
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- Cornelus Ames in household of Jessie Ames, "United States Census, 1870"
- Legacy NFS Source: Cornelia E. Phillips - Individual or family possessions: Family genealogies: birth: 10 August 1834; Homer Twp, Cortland, New York, United States
- Cornelia E. Phillips Ames, "Find A Grave Index"
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1835
Incorporated in 1835.
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.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
English, Dutch, North German, and Jewish (western Ashkenazic): patronymic from the personal name Philip . In North America, this surname has also absorbed cognates from other languages (see Philips ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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