Brief Life History of Elizabeth A.
When Elizabeth A. Kimbrough was born on 11 December 1839, in Gibson, Tennessee, United States, her father, George Kimbrough, was 24 and her mother, Rebecca Elvira Crockett, was 20. She married Joseph R Harp on 18 May 1860, in Johnson, Texas, United States. She lived in Gibson, Gibson, Tennessee, United States in 1850 and Justice Precinct 6, Palo Pinto, Texas, United States in 1860. She died in January 1878, at the age of 38, and was buried in Acton Cemetery, Acton, Hood, Texas, United States.
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- Elizabeth Halford, "United States Census, 1850"
- Legacy NFS Source: Elizabeth Kimbrough - Individual or family possessions: birth: 11 December 1839; Gibson, Tennessee, United States
- E A Harp, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1846
Tennessee was known as the Volunteer State because during the Mexican War the government asked Tennessee for 3,000 volunteer soldiers and 30,000 joined.
1850 · Compromise of 1850
The United States Congress passed a package of five separate bills in an attempt to decrease tensions between the slave states and free states. The compromise itself was received gratefully, but both sides disapproved of certain components contained in the laws. Texas was impacted in several ways; mainly, the state surrendered its claim to New Mexico (and other claims north of 36°30′) but retained the Texas Panhandle. The federal government also took over the public debt for Texas.
Name Meaning
English: from the female personal name Kynborough, recorded in Suffolk, England, as late as the 16th and 17th centuries. Although there is no Middle English evidence for it, this probably represents a survival of Old English female personal name Cyneburh, composed of the elements cyne- ‘royal’ + burh ‘fortress’, ‘stronghold’. This was the name of a daughter of the 7th-century King Penda of Mercia, who, in spite of her father's staunch opposition to Christianity, was converted and founded an abbey, serving as its head. She was venerated as a saint, and gave her name to the village of Kimberley in Norfolk. The surname is now almost extinct in England, but continues to flourish in the US.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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