James Lewis Langston

Male22 July 1844–

Brief Life History of James Lewis

When James Lewis Langston was born on 22 July 1844, in Dadeville, Dade, Missouri, United States, his father, Lewis T Langston, was 46 and his mother, Martha Warren Smith, was 32. He lived in Dade, Missouri, United States in 1850.

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Family Time Line

Lewis T Langston
1797–1870
Martha Warren Smith
1811–1886
Susan Elizabeth Langsten
1835–1880
Sarah Jane Langston
1837–
Solomon Elisha Langston
1839–1910
James Lewis Langston
1844–
Burton Allen Langston
1847–1937
Mildred Warren Langston
1850–

Sources (1)

  • James Lankston in household of Lewis T Lankston, "United States Census, 1850"

Parents and Siblings

Siblings (6)

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World Events (8)

1846

Age 2

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1863

Age 19

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

1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii

Age 31

In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.

Name Meaning

English (mainly West Midlands): habitational name from any of various places, for example Langstone in Devon and Hampshire, named with Old English lang ‘long, tall’ + stān ‘stone’, i.e. a menhir.

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

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