Brief Life History of Rebecca
When Rebecca Briley was born in 1834, in Wayne, Tennessee, United States, her father, Joshua Briley, was 49 and her mother, Nancy Howell, was 42. She married Francis Marion Thompson in 1850, in Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Justice Precinct 5, Fannin, Texas, United States in 1870 and Prairie Township, Carroll, Arkansas, United States for about 40 years. She died on 14 May 1920, in Carroll, Arkansas, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Snow Cemetery, Green Forest, Carroll, Arkansas, United States.
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- Rebecca Thompson in household of Francis Thompson, "United States Census, 1870"
- Rebecca Briley Thompson, "Find A Grave Index"
- Rebecca Thompson in household of F. M. Thompson, "United States Census, 1880"
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1835 · The Hermitage is Built
The Hermitage located in Nashville, Tennessee was a plantation owned by President Andrew Jackson from 1804 until his death there in 1845. The Hermitage is now a museum.
1836 · Remember the Alamo
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
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
Irish: Anglicized form of Ó Brólaigh, see Brawley .
English: habitational name from Brilley in Bridstow (Herefordshire), a local variant of the name that usually develops as Bromley .
In some cases also an Americanized form of Slovenian Brilej: nickname derived from dialect briliti ‘to shave’, hence apparently denoting a barber.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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