Brief Life History of Samuel Jackson
When Samuel Jackson Barrett was born in April 1866, in Tennessee, United States, his father, Samuel Benjamin Barrett, was 31 and his mother, Phoebe Jane Nichols, was 32. He had at least 1 son and 3 daughters with Lockey Cooper. He lived in Civil District 14, Jackson, Tennessee, United States in 1880.
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- Jackson Barrett, "United States Census, 1900"
- Jackson Barrett in entry for Anna Davenport, "Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974"
- Samuel J Barrett in household of Samuel Barrett, "United States Census, 1870"
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1867 · Sorry Mr. President, You can't do that.
This Act was to restrict the power of the President removing certain office holders without approval of the Senate. It denies the President the power to remove any executive officer who had been appointed by the president with the advice and consent of the Senate, unless the Senate approved the removal during the next full session of Congress. The Amendment was later repealed.
1878 · Yellow Fever Epidemic
When a man that had escaped a quarantined steamboat with yellow fever went to a restaurant he infected Kate Bionda the owner. This was the start of the yellow fever epidemic in Memphis, Tennessee. By the end of the epidemic 5,200 of the residence would die.
1898 · War with the Spanish
After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.
Name Meaning
English and Irish (of Norman origin): probably a nickname for a quarrelsome person, from Old French barat, Middle English bar(r)at, bar(r)et(te) ‘trouble, distress’, later ‘deception, fraud; contention, strife’. Through Norman settlement it also became common in Ireland, where it was Gaelicized as Baróid (Munster) and Baréid (Connacht).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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