Brief Life History of William
When William Shoemaker was born in 1833, in Randolph, Missouri, United States, his father, Alva Shoemaker, was 28 and his mother, Sarah Mullinix, was 20. He married Nancy Ann Summers on 9 October 1856, in Randolph, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Randolph Springs, Randolph, Missouri, United States in 1850 and Salt Springs Township, Randolph, Missouri, United States in 1860. He died before 1873, in Arkansas, United States.
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- William Shoemaker, "United States Census, 1860"
- Consley Shoemaker, "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991"
- Wm Shomaker in household of A Shomaker, "United States Census, 1850"
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1836 · Remember the Alamo
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.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1861
Arkansas supplied an estimated 50,000 men to the Confederate Army andabout 15,000 to the Union Army.
Name Meaning
Americanized form (translation into English) of Dutch Schoemaker , German and Jewish Schumacher , Slovenian Šuštar (see Sustar ) or Greek Papoutsis .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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