Brief Life History of Caroline Coffee
When Caroline Coffee Ware was born on 26 February 1817, in Maury, Tennessee, United States, her father, William Ware or Weare, was 22 and her mother, Elizabeth L. Goodman, was 20. She married Basil W McDavitt Jr about 1831, in Cole, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Silver Creek Township, Randolph, Missouri, United States in 1850. She died on 9 January 1857, in Randolph, Missouri, United States, at the age of 39, and was buried in Huntsville, Randolph, Missouri, United States.
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- Caroline C Mcdavet in household of Basil Mcdavet, "United States Census, 1850"
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World Events (6)
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.
1820 · Making States Equal
The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.
1829
Historical Boundaries: 1829: Randolph, Missouri, United States
Name Meaning
English:
topographic name for someone who lived by or looked after a dam or weir on a river (from Old English wær, wer, Middle English war(e), warre, wer(e), werre ‘weir’), or a habitational name from a place called with this word, such as Weare (Somerset), Weare Giffard (Devon), or Ware (Hertfordshire).
topographic name for someone who lived by a horse pond or fish pond, from Anglo-Norman French, Middle English wayour, which became early modern English ware, wear.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Caroline Coffee Ware McDavitt letter
The following letter was written by Caroline Coffee Ware (McDavitt) to her husband Basil McDavitt, Jr. just prior to her death. Caroline was born 26 February 1817 in Maury County, Tennessee and died …
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