Brief Life History of Jepthia Tilman
When Jepthia Tilman Fincher was born in September 1859, in Goldville, Tallapoosa, Alabama, United States, his father, Private William Elliot Fincher, was 27 and his mother, Martha J Fincher Gooden Reynolds, was 20. He had at least 4 sons and 3 daughters with Julia Elizabeth Davis. He lived in Tallapoosa, Alabama, United States in 1935 and Election Precinct 16 Dudleyville, Tallapoosa, Alabama, United States in 1940. He died on 24 February 1944, in Daviston, Tallapoosa, Alabama, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Ebenezer Methodist Church Cemetery, Bosworth, Chambers, Alabama, United States.
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- J T Fincher Sr. in household of J T Fincher Jr., "United States Census, 1930"
- Japhta Tilmon Fincher, "Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974"
- Jep Fincher in entry for James Wilson Birchfield and Fanny Powell, "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950"
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1862
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1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act
A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.
Name Meaning
English (Buckinghamshire and Worcestershire): unexplained. The surname has not been found earlier than c. 1500.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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