When Tamsy Jane Brockett was born on 5 September 1850, in Runnells, Polk, Iowa, United States, her father, Calvin Brockett, was 28 and her mother, Rowena Tamsey Hall, was 22. She married Nobel Bales Caldwell on 28 September 1870, in Des Moines, Polk, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Polk, Iowa, United States in 1895 and Four Mile Township, Polk, Iowa, United States for about 10 years. She died on 20 December 1931, in Des Moines, Polk, Iowa, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Rising Sun, Polk, Iowa, United States.
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Historical Boundaries: 1853: Polk, Iowa, United States
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.
Scottish: habitational name from a place called Brocket in Ayrshire.
English (of Norman origin): from Middle English bro(c)ket, a term denoting a stag in its second year with its first horns (diminutive of Old French brock), probably applied as a nickname.
History: John Brockett (died 1690) was one of the founders of New Haven, CT, in 1637/8.
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