Brief Life History of Jesse Stroud
When Captain Jesse Stroud Roberds was born on 11 December 1820, in Wayne, Tennessee, United States, his father, John Osborn Roberts, was 29 and his mother, Nancy Jane Stroud, was 22. He married Rhoda Betsey Gallegly in 1840. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Lick Creek, Union, Illinois, United States in 1880. He died on 29 January 1906, in Howell, Missouri, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Howell County Rural Cemetery, Mountain View, Howell, Missouri, United States.
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- Jesse Roberts, "United States Census, 1880"
- Jesse Roberds Or Robeds, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"
- Capt Jesse Roberds, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1821 · Financial Relief for Public Land
A United States law to provide financial relief for the purchasers of Public Lands. It permitted the earlier buyers, that couldn't pay completely for the land, to return the land back to the government. This granted them a credit towards the debt they had on land. Congress, also, extended credit to buyer for eight more years. Still while being in economic panic and the shortage of currency made by citizens, the government hoped that with the time extension, the economy would improve.
1835 · The Hermitage is Built
The Hermitage located in Nashville, Tennessee was a plantation owned by President Andrew Jackson from 1804 until his death there in 1845. The Hermitage is now a museum.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Roberts . This surname is now rare in Britain.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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