Brief Life History of Docia
When Docia Guess was born in 1835, in Alabama, United States, her father, Richard Guess, was 35 and her mother, Jane McKinney, was 40. She lived in Pontotoc, Pontotoc, Mississippi, United States in 1850.
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Family Time Line
Richard Guess
1800–1860
Jane McKinney
1795–1895
John Guess
1824–
Johnson Guess
1829–1879
David Guess
1825–1895
First Girl Guess
1825–
Second Girl Guess
1827–
Catharine Guess
1833–1869
Docia Guess
1835–
Elizabeth Guest or Guess
1837–1919
Sixth Girl Guess
1838–
Sources (1)
- Docia Guest in household of R Guest, "United States Census, 1850"
Parents and Siblings
1800–1860 Male
1795–1895 Female
Siblings (9)
1824– Male
1825–1895 Male
1825– Female
1827– Female
1829–1879 Male
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World Events (8)
1836 · Remember the Alamo
Age 1
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
1861
Age 26
Mississippi became the second state to leave the Union at the start of the Civil War in 1861.
1866 · The First Civil Rights Act
Age 31
The first federal law that defined what was citizenship and affirm that all citizens are equally protected by the law. Its main objective was to protect the civil rights of persons of African descent.
Name Meaning
English (southern): probably a variant of Guest with loss of final -t.
South German (Güss): see Guss .
German: variant of Geis .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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