Brief Life History of James William
When James William Skirvin was born on 4 September 1832, in Grant, Kentucky, United States, his father, Joel B Skirvin, was 40 and his mother, Mary ‘Polly’ Harrison, was 34. He married Mary Elizabeth Benner in 1865, in Adams, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in La Belle, Lewis, Missouri, United States in 1880. He died on 26 April 1898, in Kahoka, Clark, Missouri, United States, at the age of 65, and was buried in Harmony Grove Cemetery, Knox, Missouri, United States.
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- Wm Skirvin, "United States Census, 1880"
- William Skirvin, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"
- William, "Find A Grave Index"
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1833
Historical Boundaries: 1833: Lewis County, Missouri, United States
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.
1851
Historical Boundaries: 1851: Clark, Missouri, United States
Name Meaning
Scottish: possibly a variant of Scriven , with metathesis of -ri- to -ir-. This surname is now rare in Britain.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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