Brief Life History of Jehu
Jehu Marsh was born on 23 April 1822, in Guilford, North Carolina, United States. He married Hannah Trotter on 9 April 1844. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in Guilford, Guilford, North Carolina, United States in 1850. He died on 21 August 1860, in Hopkins, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 38, and was buried in Saint Charles, Hopkins, Kentucky, United States.
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- Jehu Marsh, "United States Census, 1850"
- Jehu Marsh, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 "
- Jehu Marsh, "Find A Grave Index"
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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.
1830 · Trail of Tears
In the 1830's, President Jackson called for all the Native Americans to be forced off their own land. As the Cherokee were forced out of North Carolina many of them hid in the mountains of North Carolina.
1836 · Remember the Alamo
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
Name Meaning
English: topographic name for someone who lived by or in a marsh or fen, Middle English mersch (Old English mersc), or a habitational name from any of various minor places called with this word, for example in Yorkshire, Shropshire and Buckinghamshire.
Americanized form of German Marsch .
Americanized form of Slovenian Marš: unexplained. Compare Mars 7.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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