When William Thomas Fuqua was born on 13 December 1832, in Kentucky, United States, his father, Washington Rayburn Fuqua, was 34 and his mother, Rebecca Wilson, was 33. He married Mary Louisa Powell on 21 December 1854, in Wapello, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Dahlonega Township, Wapello, Iowa, United States in 1870 and Mercer, Mercer, Missouri, United States in 1880. He died on 20 August 1902, in Princeton, Mercer, Missouri, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in Princeton, Mercer, Missouri, United States.
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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.
Historical Boundaries: 1837: Missouri Non County 18, Missouri, United States of America 1843: Mercer, Missouri, United States of America
Historical Boundaries: 1855: Mercer, Missouri, United States of America
Altered form of French Fouquet .
History: This surname is listed along with its original form Fouquet and the variant Fuquay in the (US) National Huguenot Society's register of qualified Huguenot ancestors.
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