Brief Life History of John Chalmers
When John Chalmers Jeralds was born on 6 August 1859, in Greene, Tennessee, United States, his father, Dr Marcus Fitzgerald Jerolds, was 36 and his mother, Nancy Amanda Blackburn, was 33. He married Leona Headrick on 12 October 1887, in Greene, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Tennessee, United States in 1870 and Civil District 10, Greene, Tennessee, United States in 1940. He died on 16 January 1943, in Greeneville, Greene, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Oak Grove Cemetery, Greeneville, Greene, Tennessee, United States.
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- Chalmers Jeralds, "United States Census, 1930"
- J C Jeralds, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"
- John Chalmers Jeralds, "Tennessee Death Records, 1914-1963"
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1862 · Battle of Shiloh
The battle of Shiloh took place on April 6, 1862 and April 7, 1862. Confederate soldiers camp through the woods next to where the Union soldiers were camped at Pittsburg Landing on the Tennessee River. With 23,000 casualties this was the bloodiest battle of the Civil War up to this point.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
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Variant of Geralds .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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