Brief Life History of William Lafayette
When William Lafayette McQueen was born about 1848, in Johnson, Tennessee, United States, his father, Alfred Shelton McQueen, was 28 and his mother, Rebecca A. Smith, was 22. He married Mandy Elizabeth White on 11 May 1870, in Carter, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Civil District 1, Carter, Tennessee, United States in 1910.
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- William L Mc Queen in household of A S Mc Queen, "United States Census, 1860"
- William L Mcqueen, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"
- Lafayette Mcqueen in entry for Ed. McQueen, "Tennessee Deaths, 1914-1966"
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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.
Name Meaning
Scottish and Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Shuibhne ‘son of Suibhne’ a byname meaning ‘pleasant’. Compare McSweeney .
Scottish and Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Shuain, a Gaelic patronymic based on Old Norse sveinn ‘boy, servant’, which was also used as a personal name (see Swain ). This is given as the origin of the McQueen or McSwan family of Skye, although the spellings are hard to distinguish. Compare Whan .
Americanized form of French Moquin .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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William Lafayette McQueen - Johnson County, Tennessee Biographies
The McQueen Family of Johnson Co., Tenn by Carl B. Neal 1958 The first McQueens, ancestors of the Johnson Co. Tenn. McQueens, of whom we have a record are Sam'l McQueen and his wife Hannah Dugger. H …
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