When James Madison Tesh was born on 5 July 1834, in Friedland, Stokes, North Carolina, United States, his father, Johann Christian Tesh, was 38 and his mother, Susan Phillips, was 36. He married Susan Jane Martin on 21 May 1856, in Forsyth, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Doniphan, Doniphan, Kansas, United States in 1875 and Iowa Township, Doniphan, Kansas, United States in 1880. He died on 27 August 1905, in Noble, Oklahoma, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Noble, Oklahoma, 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.
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
The first state fair in North Carolina was held in Raleigh and was put on by the North Carolina State Agricultural Society in 1853. The fair has been continuous except for during the American Civil War and Reconstruction and WWII.
English: variant of Tash .
Probably an altered form of German Tesch .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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