Brief Life History of William Manning
When William Manning Whitson Sr was born in 1805, in Cocke, Tennessee, United States, his father, Stephen Whitson, was 36 and his mother, Delanie Wood, was 25. He married Delana "Didy" McMahan about 1830, in Cocke, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 5 daughters. He died in 1880, in Cocke, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 75.
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- William Whitson, "United States Census, 1850"
- Legacy NFS Source: William Manning Whitson Sr - Published information: birth-name: William Manning Whitson Sr
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1808
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
1812
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
1825 · The Crimes Act
The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
Name Meaning
English and Scottish (Midlothian): from an unrecorded Middle English personal name Whiteson, literally ‘white son’ or perhaps ‘son of someone named White ’. Occasionally, a variant of Whiston .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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