Brief Life History of James Madison
When James Madison Barlow was born on 9 July 1812, in Georgetown, Scott, Kentucky, United States, his father, Thomas Jefferson Barlow Sr, was 51 and his mother, Susannah Childs Isbell, was 37. He married Elizabeth Harris Barlow on 24 June 1835, in Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, United States in 1835. He registered for military service in 1851. He died on 8 February 1893, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Jno M Barlow, "United States Census, 1860"
- James M Barlow, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
- James Madison Barlow, "Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949"
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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.
1827 · Slavery Becomes Illegal in New York State
During the years 1799 to 1827, New York went through a period of gradual emancipation. A Gradual Emancipation Law was passed in 1799 which freed slave children born after July 4, 1799. However, they were indentured until 25 years old for women and 28 years old for men. A law passed 1817 which freed slaves born before 1799, yet delayed their emancipation for ten years. All remaining slaves were freed in New York State on July 4, 1827.
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.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of several places called Barlow, especially those in Lancashire and Yorkshire. The former is named with Old English bere ‘barley’ + hlāw ‘hill’; the latter probably has as its first element the derived adjective beren or the compound bere-ærn ‘barn’. There is also a place of this name in Derbyshire, named with Old English bār ‘boar’ or bere ‘barley’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’, and one in Shropshire, which is from bere ‘barley’ + lēah.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Short Biography of James Madison Barlow
James Madison Barlow was born in Georgetown, Scott County, Kentucky on July 9, 1812, the son of Thomas Barlow and Susan Childs Isbell. He served seven years as an apprentice in a gold and silver …
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