Brief Life History of Wesley
When Wesley Lowther was born in 1853, in Tyler, West Virginia, United States, his father, Napoleon Bonapart Lowther, was 38 and his mother, Mary Jane Ireland, was 25. He lived in Tyler, Virginia, United States in 1860 and Centerville, Tyler, West Virginia, United States in 1870.
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Sources (3)
- Wesley Souther in household of Napoleon Souther, "United States Census, 1870"
- William Wesley Lowther, "California Great Registers, 1866-1910"
- Wesley Lowther in household of Napoleon Lowther, "United States Census, 1860"
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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.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from a place in Cumbria, so called from the river on which it stands. The placename is of obscure etymology, perhaps of ancient Welsh origin (compare Lauder ), or from Old Norse lauthr ‘froth, foam’ + á ‘river’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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