Nancy Venoy Doughty

Brief Life History of Nancy Venoy

When Nancy Venoy Doughty was born on 22 November 1840, in Coker, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States, her father, Mordecai Fulton Dick Doughty, was 27 and her mother, Rebecca Pryor, was 21. She married Boswell Zackra Taylor Savage in 1864, in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Election Precinct 7 Hico, Fayette, Alabama, United States in 1900 and Coosa, Alabama, United States in 1900. She died on 21 April 1904, in Newtonville, Fayette, Alabama, United States, at the age of 63, and was buried in Savage Cemetery, Fayette, Alabama, United States.

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Family Time Line

Boswell Zackra Taylor Savage
1847–1910
Nancy Venoy Doughty
1840–1904
Marriage: 1864
Dr Victor Savage Sr
1866–1954
Burton Savage
1867–1881
Jessie Savage
1870–1954
Jennie Savage
1871–1928
Zack Savage Jr
1873–1897
John Savage
1876–1925

Sources (8)

  • Nancy Doughty in household of M F Doughty, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Nancy Venoy Doughty Savage, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Nancy Black in entry for John Savage, "Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974"

World Events (8)

1841

Oldest grave seen in the memorials list.

1846

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

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

Name Meaning

English: nickname for a powerful or brave man, especially a champion jouster, from Middle English do(u)ghti, douti, dighti (Old English dohtig, dyhtig) ‘bold, brave, strong; worthy; excellent’.

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

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