Brief Life History of Minerva
When Minerva Wofford was born in 1838, in Henry, Tennessee, United States, her father, William Doctor Wofford, was 25 and her mother, Mary C Wynns, was 19. She married Claborne Phillips Jr. on 5 November 1853, in Dent, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. She lived in Watkins Township, Dent, Missouri, United States in 1860 and Cadron Township, Faulkner, Arkansas, United States in 1900. She died in 1866, in Dent, Missouri, United States, at the age of 28, and was buried in Wofford Cemetery, Watkins Township, Dent, Missouri, United States.
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Sources (4)
- Marthia J Wafford, "United States Census, 1900"
- Manerva Wofford in entry for Clabourne Philips, "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991"
- M J Wafford, "United States Census, 1850"
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World Events (4)
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1846
Tennessee was known as the Volunteer State because during the Mexican War the government asked Tennessee for 3,000 volunteer soldiers and 30,000 joined.
1862 · Battle of Shiloh
The battle of Shiloh took place on April 6, 1862 and April 7, 1862. Confederate soldiers camp through the woods next to where the Union soldiers were camped at Pittsburg Landing on the Tennessee River. With 23,000 casualties this was the bloodiest battle of the Civil War up to this point.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Wolford . This surname is now rare in Britain.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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