When Kissiah Fannie Guin or Gewin was born on 30 October 1842, in Kemper, Mississippi, United States, her father, Daniel Hicks Gewin, was 39 and her mother, Susannah Mitchell, was 37. She married Jackson Jeeter "Squire Jack" Warren on 31 December 1863, in Castor, Bienville, Louisiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Scott, Mississippi, United States in 1850 and Texas, United States in 1870. She died on 1 May 1884, in Bienville, Louisiana, United States, at the age of 41, and was buried in New Ebenezer Cemetery, Castor, Bienville, Louisiana, United States.
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Over 7,000 German immigrants arrived in Texas. Some of these new arrivals died in epidemics; those that survived ended up living in cities such as San Antonio, Galveston, and Houston. Other German settlers went to the Texas Hill Country and formed the western portion of the German Belt, where new towns were founded: New Braunfels and Fredericksburg.
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
On February 1, 1861, Texas seceded from the United States. On March 2, 1861, they had joined with the Confederate States of America.
English: altered form of Gwin .
French: from the ancient Germanic personal name Wino, a short form of various compound names formed with the element win ‘friend’.
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