Brief Life History of James Preston
James Preston Hickey Jr was born on 20 March 1861, in Rockwood, Roane, Tennessee, United States as the son of Jackson Hickey and Mary "Polly"Ann Mynatt - Hickey. He married Martha Susan Evans on 14 June 1883, in Roane, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Civil District 5, Roane, Tennessee, United States in 1910 and Roane, Tennessee, United States in 1930. He died on 30 July 1938, in Rockwood, Roane, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Glen Alice Cemetery, Glen Alice, Roane, Tennessee, United States.
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- Preston Hickey, "United States Census, 1930"
- J. P. Hickey, "Tennessee Marriages, 1796-1950"
- Pressley Hickey, "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.
1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act
A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Irish Brendan, James Patrick, Marypat, Aileen, Bridie, Colm, Conn, Conor, Delma, Fergus, Kieran, Liam.
Irish (Tipperary): Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hÍceadh ‘descendant of Ícidhe’, a common byname meaning ‘doctor, healer’.
English: from a diminutive of Middle English Hick, a pet form of Ricard (see Richard and Hick ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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