When Elizabeth Ann Power was born on 23 September 1837, in New Market, Madison, Alabama, United States, her father, James L. Power, was 24 and her mother, Jane Robinson, was 21. She married Jesse White Rodgers on 20 March 1859, in Madison, Alabama, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She lived in Nansemond, Virginia, United States in 1880 and Holy Neck District, Nansemond, Virginia, United States in 1900. She died on 11 February 1900, in Huntsville, Madison, Alabama, United States, at the age of 62.
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In 1844 when Robert Lumpkin bought land in Virginia, this would be the spot of the Infamous Slave Jail (or Lumpkin’s Jail). The slaves would be brought here during the slave trade until they were sold. Lumpkin had purchased the land for his own slave business.
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
The Battle of Manassas is also referred to as the First Battle of Bull Run. 35,000 Union troops were headed towards Washington D.C. after 20,000 Confederate forces. The McDowell's Union troops fought with General Beauregard's Confederate troops along a little river called Bull Run.
English and Irish (of Norman origin): ethnic or habitational name from Old French Pohier, Poer, Middle English Po(u)er, Power ‘native of the Pays de Poix’ (Picardy). This is one of the most common surnames in Ireland.
English: nickname for a poor man, or ironically for a miser, from Middle English povre, poure ‘poor’ (from Latin pauper). Compare Poor .
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