Brief Life History of Caroline Hamilton
When Caroline Hamilton Dickson was born on 29 January 1816, in Shelby, Tennessee, United States, her father, John B Dickson, was 43 and her mother, Margaret Barry McKisick, was 38. She married Jesse H Toon on 11 December 1844, in Shelby, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. She lived in Assumption, Louisiana, United States in 1860. She died on 5 September 1867, in Avoyelles, Louisiana, United States, at the age of 51.
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- Caroline H Bassett in household of Wam H Bassett, "United States Census, 1860"
- Legacy NFS Source: Caroline Hamilton Dickson - birth-name: Caroline Hamilton Dickson
- Caroline H Dickson, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"
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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.
1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
Name Meaning
Scottish and northern English: patronymic from the Middle English personal name Dick + son.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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