Brief Life History of Jane
When Jane Gilbreath was born on 14 January 1819, in Adair, Kentucky, United States, her father, Andrew Gilbreath, was 31 and her mother, Mary Polly Richards, was 34. She married William Daniel or David Hodges on 26 January 1837, in Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 11 daughters. She lived in Justice Precinct 4, Wood, Texas, United States in 1860 and Justice Precinct 5, Wood, Texas, United States in 1870. She died in 1880, in Bowie, Texas, United States, at the age of 61, and was buried in Wamba, Bowie, Texas, United States.
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- Janie Hodges, "United States Census, 1870"
- Family Data Collection - Births
- Jane Gilbreath Hodges, "Find A Grave Index"
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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.
1830 · Louisville and Portland Canal Opens
The Louisville and Portland canal opened in 1830. It was a 2 mile canal. It helped with the barrier caused by the Falls of the Ohio River at Louisville by making a route around them.
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
Scottish: variant of Galbraith . This surname is now very rare in Britain.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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