When Joseph McCready was born in 1833, in Campbell, Kentucky, United States, his father, William Alex McCready, was 27 and his mother, Catharine Walker, was 20. He married Nancy Robinson in 1864, in Buchanan, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He lived in Wapello, Iowa, United States in 1850 and Rock Creek Township, Nemaha, Kansas, United States in 1860. He died in 1880, in Oregon, Missouri, United States, at the age of 47.
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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: 1843: Wapello, Iowa Territory, United States 1846: Wapello, Iowa, United States
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Riada ‘son of Riada’, an old personal name meaning ‘traveler, rider’. The surname was found in Galloway, Scotland, in 1684, but it seems likely (with the variant McGready) to have originated in Ireland.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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