Dr. James Robert Haggard

Male29 October 1840–14 June 1915

Brief Life History of James Robert

When Dr. James Robert Haggard was born on 29 October 1840, in Kentucky, United States, his father, David James Haggard, was 25 and his mother, Sarah Ann Edmonson, was 22. He married Frances Helen Avery on 24 September 1867, in Winchester, Scott, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Illinois, United States in 1870 and Lancaster, Lancaster, Nebraska, United States in 1910. He died on 14 June 1915, in Lincoln, Lancaster, Nebraska, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Lincoln, Lancaster, Nebraska, United States.

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Family Time Line

Dr. James Robert Haggard
1840–1915
Frances Helen Avery
1846–1907
Marriage: 24 September 1867
Laura Augusta Haggard
1868–1957
David Avery Haggard
1870–1958
Corwin Robert Haggard
1874–1943
Ralph Whitledge Haggard
1876–1915

Sources (24)

  • James R Haggard in household of David J Haggard, "United States Census, 1860"
  • James R Haggard, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"
  • James R Haggard, "Nebraska, Grand Army of the Republic, Burial Records, 1861-1948"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    24 September 1867Winchester, Scott, Illinois, United States
  • Children (4)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (4)

    World Events (8)

    1846

    Age 6

    U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

    1854

    Age 14

    On May 30, 1854, the Kansas-Nebraska Act was passed. It allowed people in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide whether or not they wanted to allow slavery within their borders. This Act repealed the Missouri Compromise of 1820.

    1861

    Age 21

    Kentucky sided with the Union during the Civil War, even though it is a southern state.

    Name Meaning

    English (Yorkshire): variant of Hawkyard, a habitational name from Hawk Yard in Saddleworth (Yorkshire).

    English: nickname from Middle English, Old French hagard ‘wild, untamed’. This word was adopted into Middle English as a technical term in falconry to denote a hawk that had been captured and trained when already fully grown, rather than being reared in captivity; the surname may have developed as a metonymic occupational name for a falconer.

    English: possibly also a variant of Agar with prosthetic H- and excrescent -d.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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