Barney Dilley

Brief Life History of Barney

When Barney Dilley was born on 8 November 1823, in Frostburg, Allegany, Maryland, United States, his father, Joseph Andrew Dilley, was 30 and his mother, Elizabeth Mathews, was 28. He married Rachel Elizabeth Clary on 20 August 1853, in Allegany, Maryland, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Maryland, United States in 1870 and Ellerslie, Allegany, Maryland, United States in 1900. He died on 19 August 1900, in Cumberland, Allegany, Maryland, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Cumberland, Allegany, Maryland, United States.

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Family Time Line

Barney Dilley
1823–1900
Rachel Elizabeth Clary
1835–1906
Marriage: 20 August 1853
Acklan Clary Dilley
about 1856–1906
Alice A Dilley
1857–1927
Penina Golden Dilley
about 1865–1885
Edith Dilley
1859–1929
Isabella Elizabeth Dilley
1862–1931
Laura Barnetta Dilley
1868–1941
Bernard Dougherty Dilley
1870–1941
Loydetta Clary Dilley
1875–1941
Joseph Guy Dilley
1877–1963

Sources (16)

  • Barney Dilley, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Barney Dilley, "Maryland County Marriages, 1658-1940"
  • Barney Dilley, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

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 · The Second Great Awakening

Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

Name Meaning

English: possibly a pet form of an unrecorded Old English personal name Dylla, found as the first element in the placenames Dillington (in the former Huntingdonshire) and Dilton (in Wiltshire). The name may sometimes have been confused with Doyley and Dolley (see Olley ).

German: variant of Dilly or a surname of French origin, an altered form of Delay .

In some cases also an altered form of French Dilly .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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