Brief Life History of John P L
When John P L Boston was born on 21 October 1833, in Metcalfe, Kentucky, United States, his father, Abner Boston, was 28 and his mother, Susan Skaggs, was 28. He married Harriet J Skaggs about 1860, in Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons. He lived in Kentucky, United States in 1870 and Fair View Magisterial District, Metcalfe, Kentucky, United States in 1880. He died on 27 February 1884, at the age of 50.
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- John P Boston in household of Abner Boston, "United States Census, 1860"
- John P L Boston, "United States, Kentucky, Agricultural Schedules, 1850-1880"
- John Boston in household of Abner Boston, "United States Census, 1850"
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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.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1850 · 8th Most Populated State
According to the 1850 census Kentucky was the 8th most populated state with 982,405 people.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from the place so named in Lincolnshire, which means ‘Bōtwulf's stone’ (from the Old English personal name Bōtwulf + Old English stān ‘stone’). This has been considered to refer to Saint Botulf, and to be the site of the monastery that he built in the 7th century, but it is more likely that the Bōtwulf of the placename was an ordinary landowner, and that the association with the saint was a later development because of the name.
Americanized form of German Basten or Bastian or of some other similar (like-sounding) surname.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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