Brief Life History of Priscilla
When Priscilla Goad was born in 1843, in Greene, Indiana, United States, her father, Peyton Goad, was 25 and her mother, Sophia Jones, was 23. She married Joel Christenberry about 1864, in Greene, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Richland Township, Greene, Indiana, United States for about 10 years and Indiana, United States in 1870. She died in 1868, in Greene, Indiana, United States, at the age of 25.
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- Percilla Graves, "United States Census, 1860"
- Pricilla Goad, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019"
- Priscilla Goad in entry for David Christenberry, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007"
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1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1851 · Constitution of 1851
Due to the state’s financial crisis during the previous decade and growing criticism toward state government. Voters approve the Constitution of 1851 which forbade the state government from going into debt.
1856 · The Town of Santa Claus
The town of Santa Fe was denied their application for a United States Postal Service as a town of Santa Fe, Indiana, was already established. Several meetings were held and the name was changed to Santa Claus, Indiana. The United States Postal Service granted their application. Due to the name, the post office in Santa Claus continues to receive thousands of letters to Santa Claus from children around the world each December.
Name Meaning
Probably an Americanized form of German Gohde or Godde, variants of Gott 1.
English: perhaps from the Middle English personal name Gode, see Good .
English: metonymic occupational name for a cattle driver, from Middle English go(u)de ‘goad for driving oxen, spike’ (Old English gād); compare Gadd .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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