Elizabeth Markham

1792–1871 (Age 79)
Franklin, Virginia, United States

The Life Summary of Elizabeth

When Elizabeth Markham was born in 1792, in Franklin, Virginia, United States, her father, Barnett Marcum, was 22 and her mother, Lucy Elizabeth Belcher, was 19. She married Lodowick Hudson on 23 March 1814, in Green, Kentucky, United States. She died in 1871, in Fentress, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 79.

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Family Time Line

Lodowick Hudson
1795–1814
Elizabeth Markham
1792–1871
Marriage: 23 March 1814

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    23 March 1814Green, Kentucky, United States

    • Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (13)

    +8 More Children

    World Events (8)

    1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment
    Age 2
    The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.
    1796 · Tennessee Becomes a State
    Age 4
    On June 1, 1796, Tennessee became the 16th state.
    1819 · Panic! of 1819
    Age 27
    With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years. 

    Name Meaning

    English: habitational name from Markham Clinton or East Markham (Nottinghamshire). The placename derives from Old English mearc ‘mark, boundary’ + hām ‘village, homestead’ or hamm ‘water meadow’.Irish: English surname used as an equivalent of Gaelic Ó Marcacháin ‘descendant of Marcachán’, a diminutive of Marcach ‘horseman, rider’ (see Markey ). This was originally a Galway surname but is now found mainly in Clare, sometimes translated into English as Ryder .

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

    Possible Related Names

    Markey
    Markum
    Marcum

    Sources (1)

    • Elizabeth Markam, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"

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