Brief Life History of John
John Vandergriff was born on 20 September 1832, in Coffee, Tennessee, United States. He married Sarah Saloma Sitz on 21 August 1853, in Grundy, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Tennessee, United States in 1870 and Civil District 10, Coffee, Tennessee, United States in 1880. He died on 9 January 1901, in Coffee, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in Coffee, Tennessee, United States.
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- John Vandergrift, "United States Census, 1870"
- John Vandegrift, "Tennessee Marriages, 1796-1950"
- John Vandergriff, "Find A Grave Index"
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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.
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Dutch: variant of Vandergrift .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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