When Phelishea Jane “P J” Cash was born in 1843, in Elbert, Georgia, United States, her father, Reuben Moses Cash, was 29 and her mother, Pheletia White Taylor, was 24. She married Nathaniel Skinner Gunn on 17 January 1861, in Bradley, Arkansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 11 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Bradley, Arkansas, United States for about 10 years and Whiteville Township, Cleveland, Arkansas, United States in 1880. She died on 13 October 1887, in Randall, Cleveland, Arkansas, United States, at the age of 44.
Do you know Phelishea Jane “P J”? Do you have a story about her that you would like to share? Sign In or Create a FREE Account
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Civil War History - Some 11,000 Georgians gave their lives in defense of their state a state that suffered immense destruction. But wars end brought about an even more dramatic figure to tell: 460,000 African-Americans were set free from the shackles of slavery to begin new lives as free people.
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
English (Cheshire and Lancashire): variant of Case , or, alternatively, perhaps a metonymic occupational name for a maker of boxes, from Middle English cashe ‘box, chest to keep wares in’ (Old French casse).
Irish (Tipperary and Wexford): in Ireland, Cash and Cass may derive from the epithet cas ‘curly-haired’, or be a variant of Casey . However, it is more likely to be the English surname.
Americanized form of German Kirch or Kirsch .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Possible Related NamesAs a nonprofit, we offer free help to those looking to learn the details of their family story.