When John William Housden was born about 1839, in Williamson, Tennessee, United States, his father, James Housden, was 26 and his mother, Elizabeth G. Crocker, was 26. He married Mahala Jane Cunningham on 31 August 1865, in Licking, Shannon, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Henry, Tennessee, United States in 1860 and Missouri, United States in 1870. He died on 6 October 1877, in Licking, Shannon, Missouri, United States, at the age of 39, and was buried in Sherrill Township, Texas, Missouri, United States.
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Historical Boundaries: 1843: Ashley, Missouri, United States 1845: Texas, Missouri, United States
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
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.
English: habitational name from Ousden (Suffolk) with prosthetic initial H-. The placename derives from Old English ūf ‘owl’ (genitive ūfes) + denu ‘valley’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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