Brief Life History of Bryant Ruffin
Bryant Ruffin Parnell was born in 1816, in North Carolina, United States. He married Elizabeth Leah Watt in 1841, in Sumter, Alabama, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Sumter, Sumter, Alabama, United States in 1850 and Beat 4, Noxubee, Mississippi, United States in 1860.
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- B R Purnell, "United States Census, 1860"
- Bryant R Parnell, "United States Census, 1850"
- 1850 Sumter Co Alabama State Census for B R Parnell
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1817
Mississippi is the 20th state.
1830 · Trail of Tears
In the 1830's, President Jackson called for all the Native Americans to be forced off their own land. As the Cherokee were forced out of North Carolina many of them hid in the mountains of North Carolina.
1853 · First State Fair
The first state fair in North Carolina was held in Raleigh and was put on by the North Carolina State Agricultural Society in 1853. The fair has been continuous except for during the American Civil War and Reconstruction and WWII.
Name Meaning
English: from the Middle English female personal name Pernel, Parnell (Old French Peronel(le)) from Latin Petronilla, a feminine pet form of the Latin personal name Petronius. Petronilla was the name of a supposed early Christian saint and martyr. This surname was also brought to Ireland from Cheshire in the 17th century, by a family who had been supporters of Cromwell's Parliamentarians during the English Civil War. Charles Stewart Parnell, who founded the Irish Parliamentary Party in 1882, was a descendant of this family. See also Pennell .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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