When James Peter Tidwell was born on 22 January 1850, in Alabama, United States, his father, Thomas S Tidwell, was 32 and his mother, Elzira Jane Avery, was 28. He married Nancy Lellie Ann Bynum on 17 January 1877, in Blount, Alabama, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. He lived in Blount, Alabama, United States for about 30 years and Election Precinct 22 Rays, Blount, Alabama, United States for about 10 years. He died on 9 January 1924, in Oneonta, Blount, Alabama, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Blount, Alabama, United States.
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Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
The Battle of Gettysburg involved the largest number of casualties of the entire Civil war and is often described as the war's turning point. Between 46,000 and 51,000 soldiers lost their lives during the three-day Battle. To honor the fallen soldiers, President Abraham Lincoln read his historic Gettysburg Address and helped those listening by redefining the purpose of the war.
Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.
English: variant of Tideswell, a habitational name from Tideswell in Derbyshire, so named from the Old English personal name Tīdi + Old English wella ‘spring’. This form of the surname is rare in Britain and Ireland.
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