Peyton Walker Nance

Brief Life History of Peyton Walker

When Peyton Walker Nance was born on 12 March 1829, in Monroe, Kentucky, United States, his father, Peyton Skipper Nance, was 34 and his mother, Ellinor Simms, was 34. He married Amaryllis Bomar Earle on 1 February 1857, in Hopkins, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in Trigg, Kentucky, United States in 1860 and Madisonville, Hopkins, Kentucky, United States in 1870. He died on 5 February 1878, at the age of 48, and was buried in Trigg, Kentucky, United States.

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Peyton Walker Nance
1829–1878
Amaryllis Bomar Earle
1837–
Marriage: 1 February 1857
A. W. Nance
1859–
Mary Nance
1861–
Peyton Walker Nance
1880–1956

Sources (9)

  • Peyton Nunce, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Peyton W Nance, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
  • Peyton W. Nance, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

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 · Louisville and Portland Canal Opens

The Louisville and Portland canal opened in 1830. It was a 2 mile canal. It helped with the barrier caused by the Falls of the Ohio River at Louisville by making a route around them.

1846

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

Name Meaning

Americanized form of German Nantz .

Cornish: habitational name from any of the places so-named in Lelant, Saint Clement, Illogan, or Saint Martin in Meneage. The placenames derive from Middle Cornish nans ‘valley’.

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

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