Brief Life History of Basil Pinkney
When Basil Pinkney Summers was born on 23 April 1822, in Iredell, North Carolina, United States, his father, William J. Summers Jr., was 65 and his mother, Nancy Reid, was 26. He married Martha Jane Bowles about 1842. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Olin, Iredell, North Carolina, United States in 1880. He registered for military service in 1862. He died on 25 October 1896, in Statesville, Iredell, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Snow Creek Methodist Church Cemetery, Statesville, Iredell, North Carolina, United States.
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- Basil Summers, "United States Census, 1860"
- B F Summers, "Find A Grave Index"
- Basel Summers in entry for Elizabeth Clodfelter, "North Carolina Deaths, 1931-1994"
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1825 · The Crimes Act
The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
1830 · Trail of Tears
In the 1830's, President Jackson called for all the Native Americans to be forced off their own land. As the Cherokee were forced out of North Carolina many of them hid in the mountains of North Carolina.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Summer , with post-medieval excrescent -s.
English: occupational or topographic name for someone who lived or worked at the house of someone named Somer (see Summer ).
Irish (Sligo): adopted as an English equivalent of Gaelic Ó Somacháin ‘descendant of Somachán’, a personal name meaning ‘soft, gentle, innocent’, due to confusion with samhradh ‘summer’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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