Brief Life History of Edward Witten
When Edward Witten Cecil was born on 13 December 1845, in Lee, Virginia, United States, his father, Mitchell Cecil, was 42 and his mother, Mary S. Pennington, was 28. He married Rebecca R Ely on 21 December 1870, in Lee, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 8 daughters. He lived in Virginia, United States in 1870. He died on 16 December 1937, in Dryden, Lee, Virginia, United States, at the age of 92, and was buried in Dryden, Lee, Virginia, United States.
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- Edward Cecil in household of Michael Cecil, "United States Census, 1860"
- Edward W Cecil, "Virginia, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Birth Records, 1853-1896"
- Edward Whitten Cecil, "Virginia, Death Certificates, 1912-1987"
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1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1847 · Hollywood Cemetery Established
Hollywood Cemetery was established in 1847 in Richmond Virginia. This is where Presidents James Monroe and John Tyler are buried. During the Civil War it became the largest military interments and a large section dedicated to military burials. Jefferson Davis a well known Confederate is also buried here. Many other notable people are also buried here.
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
Welsh (Monmouthshire): from the Old Welsh personal name Seisyllt, sometimes wrongly said to derive from the Latin name Caecilius (see Sisley ). The most frequent modern spelling is a Renaissance attempt to connect the surname with Caecilius in the English pronunciation of its time. The Welsh name is more probably, but not definitely, from the Latin name Sextilius, a derivative of sextus ‘sixth’.
History: The great and powerful English Cecil family first came to prominence with David Cecil, a Monmouthshire gentleman who espoused the cause of Henry Tudor and came to court in London after the latter became king in 1485. His grandson William Cecil, Lord Burghley (1520–98), was Elizabeth I's chief adviser for 40 years, and his descendants have remained politically powerful and culturally influential in Britain ever since. They were originally minor Welsh gentry; their name is found in a variety of forms, including Sitsylt, Ceyssel, and Sisseld.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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