Brief Life History of Charity
When Charity Furr was born on 23 December 1833, in Fountain, Indiana, United States, her father, William Furr, Jr., was 23 and her mother, Elizabeth "Betsy" Booe, was 18. She married John McDonald Bailey on 28 October 1852, in Fountain, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She lived in Cain Township, Fountain, Indiana, United States in 1850 and Wabash Township, Fountain, Indiana, United States in 1860. She died on 5 December 1886, in Millcreek Township, Fountain, Indiana, United States, at the age of 52, and was buried in Centennial Cemetery, Yeddo, Millcreek Township, Fountain, Indiana, United States.
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- Charity Bayley in household of John M Bayley, "United States Census, 1860"
- Charity Furr, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007"
- Charity Furr Bailey, "Find A Grave Index"
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1836 · Remember the Alamo
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.
1842
Oldest grave seen in the memorials list.
1851 · Constitution of 1851
Due to the state’s financial crisis during the previous decade and growing criticism toward state government. Voters approve the Constitution of 1851 which forbade the state government from going into debt.
Name Meaning
English: from Middle English furre ‘fur, a fur lining for a garment, a coat made of or trimmed with fur’, applied as a metonymic occupational name for a maker or seller of such garments, or a nickname for someone who habitually wore one.
Americanized form of German Fuhr .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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