Brief Life History of Amanda
When Amanda Bearden was born on 11 August 1870, in South Carolina, United States, her father, Joseph Bearden, was 31 and her mother, Eleanor Land, was 32. She married Louis Freeman Jaynes in 1890, in South Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Jefferson, Marion, Texas, United States in 1930 and Justice Precinct 3, Marion, Texas, United States in 1940. She died on 25 December 1957, in Irving, Dallas, Texas, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Jefferson, Marion, Texas, United States.
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- Mandy Jaynes in household of L H Jaynes, "United States Census, 1930"
- Mary Amanda Jaynes, "Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976"
- Amanda Bearden in entry for Curtis Calhoun Jaynes, "Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976"
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1871 · KKK Supression
In March of 1871, in an attempt to supress the Ku Klux Klan in South Carolina, President Grant sends troops in. Later that year in October, the KKK are told to disarm and break up. They do not do this and later many are arrested by the US marshals.
1872 · The First National Park
Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.
1894 · Texas Files Lawsuit Against Standard Oil Company
Under the direction of Governor Jim Hogg, Texas filed a lawsuit against John D. Rockefeller for violating state monopoly laws. Hogg argued that Standard Oil Company and Water-Piece Oil Company of Missouri were engaged in illegal practices like price fixing, rebates, and consolidation. Rockefeller was indicted, but never tried in a court of law; other employees of his company were convicted as guilty.
Name Meaning
English (London): variant of Barden , Bardon 2, or from places in Devon and Cornwall called Beardon, from Old English burh ‘manor’ + dūn ‘hill’. In the British Isles the surname is now rare.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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