Brief Life History of Sophia Eugenia
When Sophia Eugenia Aycock was born on 16 January 1860, in Cobb, Georgia, United States, her father, John Bradford Aycock, was 52 and her mother, Salina Catherine Doss, was 40. She married Wilber Fisk Packard on 24 February 1878, in Ellis, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Waxahachie, Ellis, Texas, United States in 1880 and Houston, Harris, Texas, United States in 1910. She died on 5 June 1939, in Saint Joseph, Buchanan, Missouri, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Saint Joseph, Buchanan, Missouri, United States.
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- Mrs. Packard in household of Reverend W Fisk Packard, "United States Census, 1910"
- S E Hycock, "Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977"
- Eugenia Packard, "Find A Grave Index"
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1861 · Simple life to Soldiers
Illinois contributed 250,000 soldiers to the Union Army, ranking it fourth in terms of the total men fighting for a single state. Troops mainly fought in the Western side of the Appalachian Mountains, but a few regiments played important roles in the East side. Several thousand Illinoisians died during the war. No major battles were fought in the state, although several towns became sites for important supply depots and navy yards. Not everyone in the state supported the war and there were calls for secession in Southern Illinois several residents. However, the movement for secession soon died after the proposal was blocked.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
Name Meaning
English: from a pet form of any of various personal names beginning with A-. It is generally a pet form of a pet form, i.e. from a pet form of Adam such as Ade or Aitkin + the Middle English hypocoristic suffix -cok (see Cocke ), which was very commonly added to personal names in Middle English. Aycock is primarily a variant of Adcock with loss of d. Compare Alcock , Hancock , and Wilcock .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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