Dossie Gore

Brief Life History of Dossie

When Dossie Gore was born about 1859, in Mississippi, United States, his father, Upton Asbury Gore, was 33 and his mother, Cynthia E. Harrington, was 31.

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Upton Asbury Gore
1827–1866
Cynthia E. Harrington
1829–1910
Horace Madison Gore
1855–1929
Claudius O. Gore
1857–
Dossie Gore
1859–

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    World Events (3)

    1861

    Mississippi became the second state to leave the Union at the start of the Civil War in 1861.

    1863

    Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

    1863 · The Battle at Gettysburg

    The Battle of Gettysburg involved the largest number of casualties of the entire Civil war and is often described as the war's turning point. Between 46,000 and 51,000 soldiers lost their lives during the three-day Battle. To honor the fallen soldiers, President Abraham Lincoln read his historic Gettysburg Address and helped those listening by redefining the purpose of the war.

    Name Meaning

    English: from Middle English gor(e), gar(e) ‘triangular piece of land’ (Old English gāra, a derivative of gār ‘spear’, with reference to the triangular shape of a spearhead), a topographic name for someone living by a triangular field, or a habitational name from any of various places, for example Gore Court in Tunstall (Kent) and Gore Farm in Hannington (Wiltshire), named from this word.

    French: from Old French gore ‘sow’ (a word of allegedly imitative origin, reflecting the grunting of the animal), applied as a metonymic occupational name for a swineherd or as an unflattering nickname.

    French: probably also from a pet form of a vernacular form of the personal name Grégoire (see Gregory ).

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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