Brief Life History of Nancy A
When Nancy A Stilly was born in 1828, in Stokes, North Carolina, United States, her father, Jesse Stilly, was 38 and her mother, Polly, was 50. She married William Boles on 11 October 1854. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in North Carolina, United States in 1870. She died on 15 February 1899, at the age of 71.
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- Nancy A Boles, "United States Census, 1880"
- Nancy Stilley, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 "
- Stilley in entry for Mary Ann Elizabeth Boles, "North Carolina Deaths, 1906-1930"
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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.
1830 · Trail of Tears
In the 1830's, President Jackson called for all the Native Americans to be forced off their own land. As the Cherokee were forced out of North Carolina many of them hid in the mountains of North Carolina.
1853 · First State Fair
The first state fair in North Carolina was held in Raleigh and was put on by the North Carolina State Agricultural Society in 1853. The fair has been continuous except for during the American Civil War and Reconstruction and WWII.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: French Andre, Ravis, Aurelie, Euclide, Fernand, Gaston, Germaine, Julien.
South German: variant of Stelli (or, in North America, an altered form of this), a nickname for a robust person, from Middle High German stehelin ‘made of hardened iron’.
North German: probably a derivative of Stelling . In the US, this surname is found mainly in LA and TX.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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