Andrew Jackson Strickland

Brief Life History of Andrew Jackson

When Andrew Jackson Strickland was born on 27 March 1857, in Dawnville, Whitfield, Georgia, United States, his father, Henry Franklin Strickland, was 30 and his mother, Mary Jane Broadrick, was 18. He married Rosa C. Compton on 26 July 1877, in Whitfield, Georgia, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Dalton, Whitfield, Georgia, United States in 1900 and Trion, Chattooga, Georgia, United States in 1910. He died on 5 July 1926, in LaFayette, Walker, Georgia, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in Dawnville Cemetery, Dawnville, Whitfield, Georgia, United States.

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Andrew Jackson Strickland
1857–1926
Nora Caldona Bowen
1880–1962
Marriage: 17 August 1901
Lester Crayton Strickland
1902–1973
Clarence Franklin Strickland
1904–2001
Ruby Elzora Strickland
1906–1979
Mary Walona Strickland
1907–1998
Claude Andrews Strickland
1910–1996
Fletcher Hall Strickland
1913–1935
Hazel Elizabeth Strickland
1916–1927
James William Strickland
1920–2001

Sources (19)

  • Andrew Streakland in household of Henry Streakland, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Andrew Jackson Strickland - birth: 27 March 1857; Dawnville, Whitfield, Georgia, United States
  • A J Strickland, "Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950"

World Events (8)

1861

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.

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1876 · The First Worlds Fair in the U.S.

The First official World's Fair, was held to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia. 37 Countries provided venues for all to see.

Name Meaning

English (Lancashire and Yorkshire): habitational name from Great and Little Strickland (Westmorland) or Strickland Ketel and Strickland Roger (also Westmorland). The placenames derive from Old English stīrc ‘stirk, young bullock or heifer’ + land ‘land’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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