Frances Elizabeth Wyche Drewry

Brief Life History of Frances Elizabeth Wyche

When Frances Elizabeth Wyche Drewry was born on 11 March 1825, in Rutherford, Tennessee, United States, her father, Richardson Clark Drewry, was 32 and her mother, Martha Lackey Mc Bride, was 26. She married James Monroe Galey on 10 July 1839. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Weakley, Tennessee, United States in 1850. She died on 4 February 1876, at the age of 50.

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Family Time Line

James Monroe Galey
1818–1867
Frances Elizabeth Wyche Drewry
1825–1876
Marriage: 10 July 1839
James Richardson Monroe Galey
1840–1840
John Wesley Gailey
1841–1876
Minerva A Galey
1844–
James Clinton Galey
1845–1910
Martha Ann Galey
1847–1915
Roland E C Galey
1848–
Isaac Willie Galey
1851–1853
Harmon Johnson Galey
1853–
William Ethelbert Galey
1854–1911

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  • Tanny Galey in household of J M Galey, "United States Census, 1850"

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.

1835 · The Hermitage is Built

The Hermitage located in Nashville, Tennessee was a plantation owned by President Andrew Jackson from 1804 until his death there in 1845. The Hermitage is now a museum.

1846

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

Name Meaning

English (Lincolnshire): variant of Drury .

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

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