Brief Life History of Elisabeth
When Elisabeth Hood was born in March 1802, in Warren, Georgia, United States, her father, Dempsey Hood, was 29 and her mother, Charity Hill, was 28. She married William Hildreth Atchison on 20 June 1820, in Carmi Township, White, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Panaca, Lincoln, Nevada, United States in 1880. She died on 30 January 1884, in Apache, Arizona, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Amity, Apache, Arizona, United States.
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- Elizabeth Atchison in household of John B Atchison, "United States Census, 1880"
- Betsey Hood, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1934"
- Elizebeth Atchison, "BillionGraves Index"
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1803
France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.
1806
The earliest date of settlement we can trace i6 1806, when George Bain’s father is said to have come here with his family 1815: White, Illinois Territory, United States 1818: White, Illinois, United States
1825 · The Crimes Act
The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
Name Meaning
English and Scottish: nickname from Middle English hod, hood, hodde ‘hood’, either for someone who wore a hood (like the medieval folk hero Robin Hood) or who made and sold hoods. In Kent and Sussex the name may sometimes have been confused with Hoad .
English: from the Middle English personal name Hod(e), a variant of Ode or Odd with prosthetic H-; see Ott and Oates and compare Hodson 2.
English and Scottish: variant of Hudd, from the Middle English personal name Hudde, Hutte, which could represent Old English Hud(d)a or its ancient Germanic equivalent Hud(d)o, but is more likely from Anglo-Norman French Hud(de), a pet form of Hugh.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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"William Hildreth Atchison, age 62, Farmer (F), born in Georgia. William traveled in the Atchison-Pilling Company (1853), Age 58 (Link to Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel). His wife Elizabeth Hood Atch …
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