Rebecca Briley

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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Family Time Line

Francis Marion Thompson
1832–1881
Rebecca Briley
1834–1920
Marriage: 1850
Nancy Elizabeth Thompson
1853–1926
John Leonard Thompson
1858–1930
Martha Ann Thompson
1859–1920
William Henry Thompson
1859–1928
Mary Frances Thompson
1863–1926
Parlee L Thompson
1872–1952
Isaac M Thompson
1873–1958

Sources (6)

  • 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"

World Events (8)

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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