Brief Life History of Rebecca A.
When Rebecca A. Parsons was born in 1838, in Randolph, West Virginia, United States, her father, John H Parsons, was 30 and her mother, Elizabeth Goff, was 27. She married Isaac Blosser on 29 December 1857, in Roane, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Ripley, Jackson, Virginia, United States in 1850 and Roane, Virginia, United States in 1860. She died on 26 October 1880, in Roane, West Virginia, United States, at the age of 42.
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- Rebecca Blosser in household of Isaac Blosser, "United States Census, 1860"
- Legacy NFS Source: Rebecca Parsons - Government record: birth-name: Rebecca Parsons
- Rebecca A Parsons, "West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970"
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1844 · Lumpkin's Jail
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.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
English: occupational name for the servant of a parish priest or parson, from the possessive case of Middle English persone, parsoun (see Parson ).
English: many early examples are found with the prepositions (e.g. Ralph del Persones 1323); these are habitational names, with the omission of house, hence in effect occupational names for servants employed at the parson's house.
English: post-medieval variant of Parson , with excrescent -s. Alternatively, Parson may be a shortened form of Parsons.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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