James Rhodes Chisam

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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Family Time Line

James Rhodes Chisam
1842–1918
Sarah Huff Anderson
1842–1914
Marriage: 2 April 1864
Joseph Polk Chisam
1864–1937
Overton Deweese Chisam
1866–1954
Lydia Carlia Chisam
1867–1902
William Aaron Chisam
1869–1937
Sarah Rozetta Chisam
1870–1934
James Manuel Chisam
1873–1949
Celia Evoline Chisam
1875–1888
Frances Violet Veelia Chisam
1877–1911
Silas Marion Chisam
1881–1965
George Monroe Chisam
1888–1964
Gracy Grey Chisam
1896–1902

Sources (18)

  • James Chisam, "United States Census, 1870"
  • James R Chisam, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"
  • James Chison, "Tennessee Deaths, 1914-1966"

World Events (8)

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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