Kitty Jane Brinegar

Brief Life History of Kitty Jane

When Kitty Jane Brinegar was born in 1817, in Estill, Kentucky, United States, her father, Jacob Brinegar, was 22 and her mother, Elizabeth Hughes, was 19. She married Jonathan T Tipton on 9 September 1836, in Estill, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Kentucky, United States in 1870 and Irvine, Estill, Kentucky, United States in 1880. She died on 23 April 1889, in Estill, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 72.

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Family Time Line

Jonathan T Tipton
1810–1868
Kitty Jane Brinegar
1817–1889
Marriage: 9 September 1836
Samuel T Tipton
1837–1870
Samuel Tipton
Jacob Jasper Tipton
1838–1918
Emeline Tipton
1841–1913
Demarius Tipton
1844–1924
Susan A. Tipton
1845–1920
Mary Jane Tipton
1851–1917
John Huston Tipton
1855–1923

Sources (15)

  • Ritty Tipton in household of J T Tipton, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Kentucky, U.S., Birth Records, 1847-1911
  • Kitty J Brinegar, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"

World Events (8)

1818 · Jackson Purchase

The western part of Kentucky purchased by Andrew Jackson from the Chickasaw Indians in 1818. It became known as the Jackson Purchase. This included land that wasn't originally part of Kentucky when it became a state.

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. 

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.

Name Meaning

Americanized form of German Breuninger , itself a variant of Breuning .

History: The Brinegars trace their origin to Veith Br(e)uninger, a son of Hans Jacob Breuning, who came to North America from Germany in 1730s.

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

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