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Francis Marion was born in Berkeley County, Province of South Carolina around 1732. His father Gabriel Marion was a Huguenot who emigrated to the Thirteen Colonies from France at some point prior to 1700 due to the Edict of Fontainebleau and became a slaveowning planter. [3]
Marion (named after Francis Marion, patriot of the American Revolution and of Huguenot ancestry) [12] Mentone (after Menton) [13] Mobile (French name for the indigenous Mauvilla tribe) [14] Mobile County [14] Moulton (after a settler) [15] Mon Louis (named for the nearby Mon Louis Island.
Greater Lafayette Health Services announced, in late 2005, plans to close Home Hospital, and construct a new facility to replace it on the city's southeast side, with St. Elizabeth Medical Center remaining open for critical patient care. Work on the new facility commenced in late 2006, with occupation planned to occur in December 2009.
Three sites interpret the Cajun culture of the Lafayette (southern Louisiana) area, which developed after Acadians were resettled in the region following their expulsion from Canada (1755–1764) by the British, and the transfer of French Louisiana to Spain in the aftermath of the French and Indian War. Acadian Cultural Center in Lafayette
Lafayette is a city in Yamhill County, Oregon, United States on the Yamhill River and Oregon Route 99W. It was founded in 1846 and incorporated in 1878. It was founded in 1846 and incorporated in 1878.
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Carter was named president of Francis Marion University in 1999. He has authored or co-authored six books and dozens of articles and reviews in his field. [ 3 ]
Nemaha County is a county in the U.S. state of Nebraska.As of the 2020 United States Census, the population was 7,074. [1] Its county seat is Auburn. [2]In the Nebraska license plate system, Nemaha County is represented by the prefix 44 as it had the forty-fourth-largest number of vehicles registered in the county when the license plate system was established in 1922.