Brief Life History of Rebecca Agnes
When Rebecca Agnes Reading was born on 5 March 1819, in Bourbon, Kentucky, United States, her father, William Reading, was 26 and her mother, Margaret Bell Shawhan, was 21. She married Thomas Riley Wilson on 25 August 1836, in Pike, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Madison Township, Clark, Missouri, United States in 1860 and Sweet Home Township, Clark, Missouri, United States in 1870. She was buried in Mount Air Presbyterian Cemetery, Curryville, Pike, Missouri, United States.
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- Rebecca Wilson in household of T R Wilson, "United States Census, 1870"
- Rebecca Reading in entry for Thomas R Wilson, "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991"
- Rebecca Willson in household of Thomas R Willson, "United States Census, 1850"
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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.
1836
Historical Boundaries 1836: Clark County, Missouri
1850 · 8th Most Populated State
According to the 1850 census Kentucky was the 8th most populated state with 982,405 people.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Redding .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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