Nancy Lee

Brief Life History of Nancy

When Nancy Lee was born in 1794, in Tennessee, United States, her father, Ambrose Lee, was 49 and her mother, Frances Wheeler, was 29. She married Willis Ambrose Ceaphus Keithley in 1813, in White, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Linn Township, Taney, Missouri, United States in 1850. She died in 1850, at the age of 56, and was buried in Cupp Cemetery, Walnut Shade, Taney, Missouri, United States.

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Family Time Line

Willis Ambrose Ceaphus Keithley
1785–1861
Nancy Lee
1794–1850
Marriage: 1813
James Ambrose Keithley
1814–1884
Ambrose Lee Keithley
1817–1870
Elizabeth Keithley
1819–
John Maynard Keithley
1820–1875
Matilda Keithley
1821–1898
Mary Ann Keithley
1828–
William Keithley
1830–1879

Sources (3)

  • N Kethley in household of J Jenkins, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Nancy Lee - Published information: birth-name: Nancy Lee
  • Nancy Lee Keithley, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment

The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.

1796 · Tennessee Becomes a State

On June 1, 1796, Tennessee became the 16th state.

1812

War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: Chinese Young, Sang, Jae, Jong, Jung, Sung, Yong, Kyung, Seung, Dong, Kwang, Myung.

English: topographic name for someone who lived near a meadow or a patch of arable land, Middle English lee, lea, from Old English lēa, dative case (used after a preposition) of lēah, which originally meant ‘wood or glade’.

English: habitational name from any of the many places in England named with Old English lēah ‘wood, glade’, including Lee in Buckinghamshire, Essex, Hampshire, Kent, and Shropshire, and Lea in Cheshire, Derbyshire, Herefordshire, Lancashire, Lincolnshire, and Wiltshire.

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

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