Brief Life History of Samuel John
When Samuel John Todd was born on 15 October 1812, in Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Samuel Cherry Todd, was 29 and his mother, Lydia Gould, was 11809. He married Harriet Lucinda Chase on 3 October 1838, in Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. He died on 5 June 1893, in Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.
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- Samuel Todd, "Massachusetts State Census, 1865"
- Samuel Todd, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
- Samuel Todd, "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910"
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1819 · Panic! of 1819
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
1820 · Making States Equal
The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.
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.
Name Meaning
English (mainly northern) and Scottish: nickname for someone thought to resemble a fox, for example in cunning or slyness, or perhaps more obviously in having red hair, from northern Middle English tod(de) ‘fox’. Compare Todhunter , Todman . This name was brought to Ulster, Ireland, from Scotland in the 17th century.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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