Brief Life History of Rhoda B
When Rhoda B Gannaway was born in 1823, in Wythe, Virginia, United States, her father, Norvelle Gannaway, was 30 and her mother, Betsy Sanders, was 26. She married Samuel Houston on 19 November 1837, in Talladega, Alabama, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Talladega, Talladega, Alabama, United States in 1850. She died in 1880, in Calhoun, Alabama, United States, at the age of 57.
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- Rhoda Houston in household of Samuel Houston, "United States Census, 1850"
- Legacy NFS Source: Rhoda B Gannaway - Published information: birth-name: Rhoda B Gannaway
- Rhoda R Gannaway, "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950"
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1825 · The Crimes Act
The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
1832
Historical Boundaries: 1832: Benton, Alabama, United States 1858: Calhoun, Alabama, United States* *renamed from Benton
1844 · Lumpkin's Jail
In 1844 when Robert Lumpkin bought land in Virginia, this would be the spot of the Infamous Slave Jail (or Lumpkin’s Jail). The slaves would be brought here during the slave trade until they were sold. Lumpkin had purchased the land for his own slave business.
Name Meaning
English (southern): variant of Janeway , a habitational name from Genoa (Middle English Geneweye, Latinized as Geneva) or from Middle English Januei, Geneweye (Old French Genueise) ‘citizen of Genoa, Genoese’. Genoa was an independent maritime republic in the Middle Ages, an important trading partner of London and other seaports in southern England.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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