Brief Life History of James Birdsong
When James Birdsong Middlebrook was born in 1815, in Warren, Georgia, United States, his father, Joseph Middlebrook, was 42 and his mother, Rachel Baxter, was 44. He married Mariah Bray in 1835, in Chickasaw, Mississippi, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Chickasaw, Mississippi, United States in 1850 and Lavaca, Texas, United States in 1860. He died on 17 August 1862, in Pine Bluff, Jefferson, Arkansas, United States, at the age of 47.
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Sources (8)
- J B Middlebrooks, "United States Census, 1850"
- James Bird Middlebrook, "Find A Grave Index"
- J B Middlebrook in entry for Liddie Barnes, "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976"
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World Events (8)
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.
1819
Historical Boundaries 1819: Quapaw Indian Reservation, Missouri Territory, United States 1827: Pulaski, Arkansas Territory, United States 1830: Jefferson, Arkansas Territory, United States 1836: Jefferson, Arkansas, United States
1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from a lost Micklebrook in Blackburn (Lancashire), recorded as Mikelbroc in the 13th century. The placename appears to derive from Old English micel ‘big’ + brōc ‘brook, stream’. The surname has undergone a dissimilatory or folk-etymological change from Mickle- to Middle-.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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