Brief Life History of James Rhodes
When James Rhodes Chisam was born on 23 January 1842, in White, Tennessee, United States, his father, Overton Deweese Chisam, was 30 and his mother, Celia Jane Hash, was 27. He married Sarah Huff Anderson on 2 April 1864, in White, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Civil District 4, White, Tennessee, United States in 1910. He died on 14 August 1918, in White, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Jericho Cemetery, White, Tennessee, United States.
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- James Chisam, "United States Census, 1870"
- James R Chisam, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"
- James Chison, "Tennessee Deaths, 1914-1966"
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1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1846
Tennessee was known as the Volunteer State because during the Mexican War the government asked Tennessee for 3,000 volunteer soldiers and 30,000 joined.
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.
Name Meaning
Scottish: shortened form of Chisholm , once common in Cumbria but now rare in Britain.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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