Andrew Jackson Nunn Jr.

Brief Life History of Andrew Jackson

When Andrew Jackson Nunn Jr. was born on 6 October 1879, in Hiwassee, Pulaski, Virginia, United States, his father, Andrew Jackson Nunn, was 47 and his mother, Scena Hurst, was 42. He married Cordelia "Carlia" J. Breeding on 17 December 1900, in Pulaski, Pulaski, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Virginia, United States in 1879 and Pulaski, Virginia, United States for about 55 years. He died on 23 October 1945, in Raleigh, Wake, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 66, and was buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Pulaski, Pulaski, Virginia, United States.

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Family Time Line

Andrew Jackson Nunn Jr.
1879–1945
Cordelia "Carlia" J. Breeding
1883–1965
Marriage: 17 December 1900
Raymond Everett Nunn
1901–1987
Ellis Nunn
1921–
Rev Ellis Clayton Nunn Sr.
1903–1991
Roaten Jackson Nunn Sr.
1906–1979
Nettie Florence Nunn
1907–1915
Shelborn Nunn
1912–1915
Fannie Alice Nunn
1914–1983
Mittie Alma Nunn
1917–1972
Roman Bruce Nunn
1919–1968
Littie Florence Nunn
1922–1973
Ralph Jackson Nunn
1927–1997

Sources (39)

  • Andrew Nunn, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Nunn, "Virginia, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Birth Records, 1853-1896"
  • Andrew J. Nunn Jr., "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940"

World Events (8)

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

1886 · Name change

Name changed from Pulaski Station to Pulaski City in 1886.

1897 · First Bill for Women Suffrage

In 1897, Senator J.L. Hyatt introduced the woman suffrage bill in North Carolina. The bill did not make it past the committee.

Name Meaning

English (mainly East Anglia): nickname for a pious or demure man from Middle English nunne, nonne, occasionally none, noune, and nowne ‘nun’.

German: from an Old High German personal name Nunno, said to be a nursery word.

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

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