When Rev. John Clifford Hestwood Jr. was born on 23 May 1834, in Delaware, Ohio, United States, his father, Rev. John Clifford Hestwood Sr., was 33 and his mother, Alice Finley, was 32. He married Hannah Ann Griffith on 11 October 1855, in Mahaska, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Atlantic, Cass, Iowa, United States in 1880 and Warren, Iowa, United States in 1895. He died on 4 September 1897, in Indianola, Warren, Iowa, United States, at the age of 63, and was buried in Independent Order of Odd Fellows Cemetery, Indianola, Warren, Iowa, United States.
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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.
Historical Boundaries: 1846: Warren, Iowa Territory, United States 1846: Warren, Iowa, United States
Historical Boundaries: 1854: Webster, Iowa, United States 1857: Hamilton, Iowa, United States
English: topographic name habitational name for someone who lived ‘by the west wood’ (Middle English west + wode), or who came from any of numerous places called Westwood (from Old English west ‘west’ + wudu ‘wood’), such as those in Kent, Wiltshire, Warwickshire, or Worcestershire.
History: William Westwood was one of the founders of Hartford, CT, in 1635 (coming from Cambridge, MA with Thomas Hooker).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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