Peter Bratten Honaker

Brief Life History of Peter Bratten

When Peter Bratten Honaker was born in September 1835, in Monroe, Virginia, United States, his father, Jacob H Honaker, was 52 and his mother, Anna Sams, was 34. He married Ida Bland on 28 May 1867, in Monroe, West Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Union, Monroe, West Virginia, United States for about 40 years. He died on 16 November 1913, in Union, Monroe, Virginia, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Green Hill Cemetery, Union, Monroe, West Virginia, United States.

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Family Time Line

Peter Bratten Honaker
1835–1913
Ida Bland
1847–1922
Marriage: 28 May 1867
Lula Ellen Honaker
1865–1959
Mary Jane Honaker
1868–1953
Anna Oceana Honaker
1872–1957
Walter Eldridge Honaker
1874–1944
James Horace Honaker
1877–1943
Luther Leslie Honaker
1877–1943
Newton L. Honaker
1879–1879
John Patrick Honaker
1879–1935
Ellis Patton Honaker
1881–1952
Adolphus Hedrick Honaker
1886–1966
Zula Belle Honaker
1887–1959
James Horace Honeker
1891–1943

Sources (21)

  • Bratton Honiker in household of Ann Honiker, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Peter B Honaker, "West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970"
  • Peter Bratton Honaker, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

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.

1844 · Lumpkin's Jail

In 1844 when Robert Lumpkin bought land in Virginia, this would be the spot of the Infamous Slave Jail (or Lumpkin’s Jail). The slaves would be brought here during the slave trade until they were sold. Lumpkin had purchased the land for his own slave business.

1861 · The Battle of Manassas

The Battle of Manassas is also referred to as the First Battle of Bull Run. 35,000 Union troops were headed towards Washington D.C. after 20,000 Confederate forces. The McDowell's Union troops fought with General Beauregard's Confederate troops along a little river called Bull Run. 

Name Meaning

Americanized form of Swiss German Honegger .

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

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