Elizabeth Gail Grantham

Brief Life History of Elizabeth Gail

When Elizabeth Gail Grantham was born on 10 February 1811, in Christian, Kentucky, United States, her father, John H Grantham, was 37 and her mother, Elisabeth Harrison, was 35. She married Chester Aquilla Wiley on 14 April 1830, in Montgomery, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 9 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Missouri, United States in 1870 and Howard Township, Gentry, Missouri, United States in 1880. She died on 1 March 1895, in Albany, Gentry, Missouri, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Lone Star, Gentry, Missouri, United States.

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Family Time Line

Chester Aquilla Wiley
1807–1894
Elizabeth Gail Grantham
1811–1895
Marriage: 14 April 1830
William Washington Wiley
1831–1928
John Aquilla Wiley
1832–1913
Lewis Wiley
1834–
Aquilla WILEY
1838–1840
Benjamin James Wiley
1838–1907
Lydia Wiley
1841–1929
James Wiley
1843–1924
Chester Wiley
1846–1910
Ezekiel Wiley
1847–1868
Elizabeth Wiley
1850–1922
George Wiley
1854–1940

Sources (9)

  • Elizabeth Wily in household of Aquilly C Wily, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Betsey Grantham, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"
  • Elizabeth Grantham Wiley, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1812

War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.

1821

Historical Boundaries: 1821: Montgomery, Illinois, United States

1836 · Remember the Alamo

Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.

Name Meaning

English (Lincolnshire and East Yorkshire): habitational name from Grantham in Lincolnshire, of uncertain origin. The final element is Old English hām ‘homestead’; the first may be Old English grand ‘gravel’ or perhaps a personal name Granta, which probably originated as a byname meaning ‘snarler’. See also Graham .

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

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