Nancy A Savage

Brief Life History of Nancy A

When Nancy A Savage was born in 1866, in Iron, Missouri, United States, her father, William Oliver Savage, was 28 and her mother, Adaline Shepherd, was 28. She married Rev. James Harvey Shepherd on 20 August 1884, in Oates, Reynolds, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Liberty Township, Iron, Missouri, United States in 1880. She died on 4 August 1897, in Missouri, United States, at the age of 31, and was buried in Barton Cemetery, Black River Township, Reynolds, Missouri, United States.

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Family Time Line

Rev. James Harvey Shepherd
1861–1959
Nancy A Savage
1866–1897
Marriage: 20 August 1884
Elisha Shepard
1886–1909
Vada Mahulda Shepard
1896–1897

Sources (7)

  • Nancy Savage in household of W Savage, "United States Census, 1880"
  • Nancy A Savage Shepard, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Nancy Savage in entry for Reverend James Harvey Shepherd, "Missouri, Phelps, Crawford, Dent, and Washington Counties, Obituaries, 1880-1990"

World Events (7)

1866 · The First Civil Rights Act

The first federal law that defined what was citizenship and affirm that all citizens are equally protected by the law. Its main objective was to protect the civil rights of persons of African descent.

1867 · Sorry Mr. President, You can't do that.

This Act was to restrict the power of the President removing certain office holders without approval of the Senate. It denies the President the power to remove any executive officer who had been appointed by the president with the advice and consent of the Senate, unless the Senate approved the removal during the next full session of Congress. The Amendment was later repealed.

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.

Name Meaning

English: of Norman origin, a nickname for a wild or uncouth person, from Middle English and Old French salvage, sauvage ‘wild, untamed’ (from Late Latin salvaticus, literally ‘man of the woods’, a derivative of Latin silva ‘wood’ influenced by Latin salvus ‘whole’, i.e. natural). Compare French Sauvage .

Irish (Down): generally of English origin (it was taken to County Down in the 12th century), this name has also sometimes been adopted as equivalent of Gaelic Ó Sabháin, the name of a small south Munster sept, which was earlier Anglicized as O'Savin (see Savin ).

Americanized form of Jewish (Ashkenazic) Savich and of Serbian Savić (see Savic ).

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

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