Brief Life History of David
When David Boss was born on 26 March 1827, in Randolph, North Carolina, United States, his father, David Boss, was 29 and his mother, Martha Patsy Brown, was 32. He married Lucy Stoeman Kinzer in 1862, in Contra Costa, California, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He died on 14 September 1864, in Contra Costa, California, United States, at the age of 37, and was buried in Pacheco, Contra Costa, California, United States.
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- David Boss in household of Alfred Boss, "United States Census, 1860"
- David Boss, "Find A Grave Index"
- David Boss in entry for Ann May Boss, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
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1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
1830 · Trail of Tears
In the 1830's, President Jackson called for all the Native Americans to be forced off their own land. As the Cherokee were forced out of North Carolina many of them hid in the mountains of North Carolina.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
English (of Norman origin): from the Old French personal name Bos, from ancient Germanic Boso, based on the element bōs ‘bad, evil, wild, angry’.
English: nickname for a hunchback, from Middle English, Old French boce, bos ‘protuberance, swelling’ (compare Bossard 2).
German (also Böss): from a short form of the personal name Borkhart, a variant of Burkhart . This surname is also found in France (Alsace and Lorraine).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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