Brief Life History of Judah Rebecca
When Judah Rebecca Moore was born in 1852, in Scott, Virginia, United States, her father, John Moore, was 29 and her mother, Rhoda C Lane, was 27. She married Daniel E. Meade on 25 December 1875, in Russell, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Virginia, United States in 1870 and Castlewood District, Russell, Virginia, United States in 1880. She died on 17 December 1882, in Russell, Virginia, United States, at the age of 30.
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- Rebecca Mead in household of Dannel E Mead, "United States Census, 1880"
- Juda R. Mead, "Virginia, Library of Virginia State Archive, Births, Marriages, and Deaths 1853-1900"
- Danl Mead and Judea R. Moore, "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940"
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1861 · The Battle of Manassas
The Battle of Manassas is also referred to as the First Battle of Bull Run. 35,000 Union troops were headed towards Washington D.C. after 20,000 Confederate forces. The McDowell's Union troops fought with General Beauregard's Confederate troops along a little river called Bull Run.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment
Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.
Name Meaning
English: from Middle English more ‘moor, marsh, fen’ (Old English mōr), hence a topographic name for someone who lived in such a place, or a habitational name from any of various places called with this word, as for example Moore in Cheshire or More in Shropshire.
English (of Norman origin): ethnic name from Old French more ‘Moor’, either someone from North Africa or, more often, a nickname for someone thought to resemble a Moor. Compare Morrell and Moreau .
English (of Norman origin): from the Middle English personal name More (Old French More, Maur, Latin Maurus), originally denoting either ‘Moor’ or someone with a swarthy complexion (compare Morrell , Morrin , Morris , and sense 2 above). There was a 6th-century Christian saint of this name.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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