Brief Life History of Rufus A
When Rufus A Browning was born in 1818, in Frederick, Maryland, United States, his father, Jeremiah Browning, was 74 and his mother, Drusilla Lewis, was 55. He married Mary A Moore on 17 December 1856, in Frederick, Maryland, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons. He died on 31 October 1886, in Baltimore, Maryland, United States, at the age of 68.
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- Rufus A Browning, "United States Census, 1850"
- Maryland, U.S., Compiled Marriages, 1667-1899
- Rufus A. Browning, "Find A Grave Index"
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1819 · Panic! of 1819
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
1820 · Making States Equal
The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.
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.
Name Meaning
English (southern): from the Middle English personal name Brouning (Old English Brūning), a derivative of the byname Brūn (see Brown ).
History: This name was brought independently to North America from England by numerous different bearers from the 17th century onward. William Browning was one of the free planters who assented to the ‘Fundamental Agreement’ of the New Haven Colony on June 4, 1639.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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