Brief Life History of Talitha Ann
When Talitha Ann McIlwain was born on 2 May 1845, in Decatur, Morgan, Alabama, United States, her father, John Theophilis McIlwain, was 26 and her mother, Ellender Caroline Edwards, was 17. She married James Lucius DURHAM on 2 January 1868, in Winn, Louisiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Winn, Louisiana, United States in 1880 and Ward One, Winn, Louisiana, United States in 1910. She died on 7 February 1937, in Winnfield, Winn, Louisiana, United States, at the age of 91, and was buried in Winnfield Cemetery, Winnfield, Winn, Louisiana, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (13)
- Telithia A McElwain, "United States Census, 1850"
- Marriage records, 1839-1916; marriage index, 1839-1938
- Talitha Durham, "Louisiana Deaths, 1850-1875, 1894-1960"
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Children (11)
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World Events (8)
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1861
Mississippi became the second state to leave the Union at the start of the Civil War in 1861.
1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment
Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.
Name Meaning
Irish (northern) and Scottish: variant of McElwain .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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