Brief Life History of Catherine
Catherine Rosson was born from 1784 to 1790, in Franklin, Virginia, United States as the daughter of Joseph Rosson. She married Adonanijah Key on 5 November 1821, in Pittsylvania, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Boonville, Louisiana Territory, United States in 1860 and Missouri, United States in 1870.
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- Catherine Key in household of George J Key, "United States Census, 1860"
- Legacy NFS Source: Catherine Rosson - Government record: Marriage record or certificate: birth-name: Catherine Rosson
- Catharine Rosson, "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940"
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1786 · Shays' Rebellion
Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.
1800
In the early 1800’s Daniel Boone’s sons, Nathan and Daniel Morgan, came upon the salt lick in present day Howard County, just across the river. Recognizing the value of salt for pioneers, the Boone brothers settled and opened shop, thus the original Boone’s Lick or Boonslick name. In 1810 widow Hannah Cole and her nine children homesteaded the Boonslick area. The town was formally platted in 1817 and prospered in the late 1820’s. Throughout the 1820’s and 30’s the town was home to river trade and a jumping-off point for the Santa Fe Trail. On February 10, 1839, the city was officially incorporated.
1819 · Panic! of 1819
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 Rostherne (Cheshire), from the Old Norse personal name Rauthr (genitive Rauths) + Old English or Old Norse thorn ‘thorn tree’.
English: patronymic from the Middle English female personal name Rohese, Roese, later Rose, Royse, + -son. See Rose .
English: patronymic from the Middle English personal name Rozo, Rosce + -son. See Ross .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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