Brief Life History of Amanda Levina
When Amanda Levina Jackson was born on 9 May 1856, in New Burlington, Clinton, Ohio, United States, her father, Cornelius Andrew Jackson, was 33 and her mother, Elizabeth Copsey, was 32. She married Charles Melvin Routzahn on 19 March 1879, in Warren, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Oak Grove Township, Benton, Indiana, United States in 1860. She died on 6 May 1897, in West Lebanon, Pike Township, Warren, Indiana, United States, at the age of 40, and was buried in West Lebanon, Pike Township, Warren, Indiana, United States.
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- Manda Jackson in household of Cornelius Jackson, "United States Census, 1860"
- Routzahn, "Find A Grave Index"
- Alvina Jackson in entry for Ona Ray Myers and Laura Marinda Rauetzahn Or Routzahn, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"
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1860 · Ohio supports the Union side of the Civil War
Although divided as a state on the subject of slavery, Ohio participated in the Civil War on the Union's side, providing over 300,000 troops. Ohio provided the 3rd largest number of troops by any Union state.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1868 · Impeach the President!
Caused by many crimes and breaking the Tenure of Office Act, Many Senators and House Representatives became angry with President Johnson and began discussions of his Impeachment. After a special session of Congress, the Articles of Impeachment were approved by the House and then the Senate. Making Andrew Johnson the first President to be Impeached.
Name Meaning
English, Scottish, and northern Irish: patronymic from Jack . In North America, this surname has absorbed other patronymics beginning with J- in various European languages, in particular those derived from equivalents or short forms and other derivatives of the personal name Jacob , e.g. Norwegian Jacobsen or Jakobsen and, in some cases, Slovenian Jakše (from a derivative of the personal name Jakob ). This surname is also very common among African Americans (see also 2 below).
African American: from the personal name Jackson (or Andrew Jackson), adopted in honor of Andrew Jackson, the 7th president of the US; or adoption of the surname in 1 above, in many cases probably for the same reason.
History: This extremely common British name was brought over by numerous different bearers in the 17th and 18th centuries. One forebear was the father and namesake of the seventh US president, Andrew Jackson, who migrated to SC from Carrickfergus in the north of Ireland in 1765. The Confederate General Thomas ‘Stonewall’ Jackson came from VA, where his great-grandfather John, likewise of Scotch–Irish stock, had settled after emigrating to America in 1748.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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