Brief Life History of Jesse Houston
When Jesse Houston Milligan was born on 5 June 1838, in Lamar, Alabama, United States, his father, Johnson Milligan, was 35 and his mother, Jane Holmes Kyle, was 34. He married Elizabeth Ann Dowdle about 1858, in Lamar, Alabama, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Monroe, Mississippi, United States in 1900 and Hamilton, Monroe, Mississippi, United States in 1910. He died on 11 January 1918, in Columbus, Lowndes, Mississippi, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Hamilton, Monroe, Mississippi, United States.
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Sources (9)
- Jesse H Miligan in household of Jane Miligan, "United States Census, 1850"
- Jepe H. Milligan, "Mississippi, Marriages, 1800-1911"
- Jesse H Miligan, "Mississippi, Death Certificate Index, 1912-1943"
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World Events (7)
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1861
Mississippi became the second state to leave the Union at the start of the Civil War in 1861.
1867
Historical Boundaries: February 4, 1867: Jones, Alabama, United States November 13, 1867 Abolished and returned to Marion County October 8, 1868: Sanford, Alabama, United States February 8, 1877: Lamar, Alabama, United States
Name Meaning
Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Maolagáin ‘descendant of Maoileagán’, a personal name from a double diminutive of maol meaning ‘bald’ or ‘tonsured’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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