Brief Life History of Phoebe
When Phoebe Brashear was born on 8 March 1803, in Sullivan, Tennessee, United States, her father, Samuel Brashear, was 39 and her mother, Margaret Eakin, was 40. She died in 1839, at the age of 36.
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- Phoebe Brashear, "Find A Grave Index"
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1804
Lewis and Clark set out from St. Louis, MO to explore the West.
1804 · The Twelfth Amendment
With not having a very clear statement in the Constitution about Presidents and Vice Presidents, the Twelfth Amendment was Born. Before the Electoral College could cast two votes for those that they saw fit for President. This was changed to just one electoral vote for President and one electoral vote for Vice President. With the amount of people even allowed to vote, there was no way for there to be a tie during the elections.
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
Americanized form of French Brasseur . The traditional pronunciation is with the stress on the second syllable. Compare Beshear , Bosher , Brashears , Brasher , and Brashier .
History: The surname Brashear is listed along with its original form Brasseur and the variant Brashier in the (US) National Huguenot Society's register of qualified Huguenot ancestors.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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