Brief Life History of Peter Abraham
When Peter Abraham Wolfinbarger Jr. was born on 12 August 1862, in Washburn, Grainger, Tennessee, United States, his father, Peter Abraham Wolfinbarger, was 22 and his mother, Sarah Helton, was 25. He married Delilah Canter on 1 February 1881, in Estill, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He lived in Irvine, Estill, Kentucky, United States in 1910 and Thomas, Estill, Kentucky, United States in 1930. He died on 4 January 1935, in Ravenna, Estill, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in West Irvine Cemetery, Irvine, Estill, Kentucky, United States.
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- Peter Wolfenbarger in household of Peter Wolfenbarger, "United States Census, 1900"
- Peter A Wolfinbarger, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
- Peter A Wolfinbarger, "Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1961"
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1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1865 · Sultana Tragedy
In April of 1865, the steamboat the Sultana exploded. The Civil War had been over for awhile so this was considered the worst maritime disaster in US history. Compared to the Titanic where 1,512 people were killed, 1,8000 soldiers were killed on the Sultana. Confederate soldiers that weeks earlier had been fighting with Union soldiers were now fighting to save their lives.
1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act
A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.
Name Meaning
Variant of Wolfenbarger , a surname of Swiss German origin.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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