Brief Life History of Elzina Davis
When Elzina Davis Ice was born on 25 July 1850, in Smithfield, Wetzel, West Virginia, United States, her father, John Bayles Ice, was 25 and her mother, Malinda Straight, was 28. She married Hezekiah Hood in 1879. They were the parents of at least 3 sons. She lived in Wetzel, West Virginia, United States in 1920 and Marietta, Marietta, Washington, Ohio, United States in 1930. She died on 5 October 1939, in Folsom, Wetzel, West Virginia, United States, at the age of 89, and was buried in Folsom, Wetzel, West Virginia, United States.
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- Elzina Hood, "United States Census, 1930"
- Elzyna Hyce, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016"
- Elzina Hood, "West Virginia Deaths, 1804-1999"
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1860 · Ohio supports the Union side of the Civil War
Although divided as a state on the subject of slavery, Ohio participated in the Civil War on the Union's side, providing over 300,000 troops. Ohio provided the 3rd largest number of troops by any Union state.
1861 · The Battle of Manassas
The Battle of Manassas is also referred to as the First Battle of Bull Run. 35,000 Union troops were headed towards Washington D.C. after 20,000 Confederate forces. The McDowell's Union troops fought with General Beauregard's Confederate troops along a little river called Bull Run.
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
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Americanized form of German Eis or its Dutch cognate Eijs.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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