Barber Family Tree » James Old Claxton (1798-1871)

Personal data James Old Claxton 

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Household of James Old Claxton

He is married to Temperance Rackley Ratcliff.

They got married on April 26, 1819 at Shelbyville, Bedford, Tennessee, United States, he was 20 years old.


Child(ren):

  2. Elizabeth Claxton  1825-1887 
  5. John Wesley Claxton  1832-1924
  6. Noah S Claxton  1835-1915
  9. Emily A Claxton  1845-1925
  10. Margaret C Claxton  1848-1880

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Sources

  1. Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Trees
    http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=9874725&pid=5265
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  2. 1840 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, Year: 1840; Census Place: , Bedford, Tennessee; Roll: ; Page: .
    Residence date: 1840 Residence place: Bedford, Tennessee, United States
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  3. 1830 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, Year: 1830; Census Place: , Bedford, Tennessee; Roll: ; Page: .
    Residence date: 1830 Residence place: Bedford, Tennessee, United States
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  4. 1870 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, Year: 1870; Census Place: , Wright, Missouri; Roll: M593_; Page: ; Image: .
    Birth date: abt 1798 Birth place: Virginia Residence date: 1870 Residence place: Wright, Missouri, United States
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  5. 1860 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, Year: 1860; Census Place: , Wright, Missouri; Roll: ; Page: 929; Image: 368.
    Birth date: abt 1799 Birth place: Virginia Residence date: 1860 Residence place: Wright, Missouri, United States
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  6. U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907, Ancestry.com
    Residence date: Residence place: United States
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  7. 1850 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, Year: 1850; Census Place: District 8, Bedford, Tennessee; Roll: M432_869; Page: 154B; Image: .
    Birth date: abt 1799 Birth place: Virginia Residence date: 1850 Residence place: District 8, Bedford, Tennessee
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  8. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, Yates Publishing, Source number: ; Source type: ; Number of Pages: ; Submitter Code: .
    Birth date: 1798 Birth place: VA
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  9. 1820 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, Year: 1820; Census Place: , Franklin, Tennessee; Roll: M33_123; Page: ; Image: .
    Residence date: 1820 Residence place: Franklin, Tennessee, United States
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Historical events

Birthday September 18, 1798

  • The temperature on September 18, 1798 was about 16.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
  •  This page is only available in Dutch.
    De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
  • In the year 1798: Source: Wikipedia
    • February 15 » The Roman Republic is proclaimed after Louis-Alexandre Berthier, a general of Napoleon, had invaded the city of Rome five days earlier.
    • April 7 » The Mississippi Territory is organized from disputed territory claimed by both the United States and Spain. It is expanded in 1804 and again in 1812.
    • May 25 » United Irishmen Rebellion: Battle of Carlow begins; executions of suspected rebels at Carnew and at Dunlavin Green take place.
    • May 27 » The Battle of Oulart Hill takes place in Wexford, Ireland; Irish rebel leaders defeat and kill a detachment of militia.
    • June 12 » Irish Rebellion of 1798: Battle of Ballynahinch.
    • July 7 » As a result of the XYZ Affair, the US Congress rescinds the Treaty of Alliance with France sparking the "Quasi-War".

Day of marriage April 26, 1819

  • The temperature on April 26, 1819 was about 7.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast. Weather type: half bewolkt. Source: KNMI
  •  This page is only available in Dutch.
    De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
  • In the year 1819: Source: Wikipedia
    • February 19 » British explorer William Smith discovers the South Shetland Islands and claims them in the name of King George III.
    • March 15 » French physicist Augustin Fresnel is adjudged the winner of the Grand Prix of the Académie des Sciences for his "Memoir on the Diffraction of Light", which verifies the Fresnel integrals, accounts for the limited extent to which light spreads into shadows, and thereby demolishes Newton's initial objection to the wave theory of light.
    • June 16 » A major earthquake strikes the Kutch district of western India, killing over 1,543 people and raising a 6m high, 6km wide, ridge, extending for at least 80km, that was known as the Allah Bund ("Dam of God").
    • August 16 » Peterloo Massacre: Seventeen people die and over 600 are injured in cavalry charges at a public meeting at St. Peter's Field, Manchester, England.
    • December 14 » Alabama becomes the 22nd U.S. state.
    • December 17 » Simón Bolívar declares the independence of Gran Colombia in Angostura (now Ciudad Bolívar in Venezuela).

Day of death October 6, 1871

  • The temperature on October 6, 1871 was about 14.9 °C. The air pressure was 10 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. The atmospheric humidity was 62%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • From June 4, 1868 till January 4, 1871 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Bosse - Fock with the prime ministers Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal) and Mr. C. Fock (liberaal).
  • In The Netherlands , there was from January 4, 1871 to July 6, 1872 the cabinet Thorbecke III, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1871: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
    • May 21 » French troops invade the Paris Commune and engage its residents in street fighting. By the close of "Bloody Week", some 20,000 communards have been killed and 38,000 arrested.
    • July 2 » Victor Emmanuel II of Italy enters Rome after having conquered it from the Papal States.
    • July 20 » British Columbia joins the confederation of Canada.
    • August 29 » Emperor Meiji orders the abolition of the han system and the establishment of prefectures as local centers of administration. (Traditional Japanese date: July 14, 1871).
    • October 8 » The Great Chicago Fire and the much deadlier Peshtigo Fire break out.
    • October 12 » The British in India enact the Criminal Tribes Act, naming many local communities "Criminal Tribes".


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