Brief Life History of Barbara A.
When Barbara A. Abbott was born on 6 June 1859, in Kanawha, West Virginia, United States, her father, St Clair Abbott, was 31 and her mother, Mary Elizabeth Jarrett, was 26. She married Samuel Stephenson on 7 January 1879, in Kanawha, West Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 4 daughters. She lived in Kanawha, Virginia, United States in 1860 and Cabin Creek, Kanawha, West Virginia, United States for about 10 years.
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- Barbara A Abbett, "United States Census, 1860"
- Barbara Abbott, "West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970"
- B. A. Stevens in entry for Jessie Stevens, "West Virginia Births, 1853-1930"
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1861 · The Battle of Manassas
The Battle of Manassas is also referred to as the First Battle of Bull Run. 35,000 Union troops were headed towards Washington D.C. after 20,000 Confederate forces. The McDowell's Union troops fought with General Beauregard's Confederate troops along a little river called Bull Run.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.
Name Meaning
English: nickname from Middle English abbod, abbot(t), abbat ‘abbot’ (Old English abbod) or Old French abet ‘priest’. Both the Old English and the Old French term are derived from Late Latin abbas (genitive abbatis) ‘priest’, from Greek abbas, from Aramaic aba ‘father’. The nickname was presumably a joking reference to a person's behaviour. In the US, the English name is also sometimes a translation of a cognate or equivalent European name, e.g. Italian Abate , Spanish Abad , or German Abt .
History: George Abbot from Yorkshire, England, settled in Andover, MA, in 1640; he had numerous prominent descendants. George Abbott (probably not the same man) died in Rowley, MA, in 1647. Another early migrant was James Abbott, who came from Somerset, England, to Long Island, NY, in the 17th century.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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