Tag: urven
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Rachel Urven
Mrs. Rachel Urven was born in Maryland in about 1840. We have yet to find her birth family or her maiden name. The first time we find here in the records, she’s living with her husband in 1870 near New Windsor. Two young children are with them. The older child had been born before the…
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James Urven/Irvin
Mr. James Urven was born in the mid 1830s, most likely in Georgia. He sometimes spelled his name “Urven” and other times as “Irvin”. From his obituary, we learn that he was enslaved in Georgia. During the Civil War, he escaped his enslavers. He joined up with Gen Sherman’s army and was employed as a…