Brief Life History of Martha J.
When Martha J. Manley was born about 1851, in Athens, Ohio, United States, her father, Aazaniah Nyne Manley, was 31 and her mother, Eleanor Elmira Shannon, was 31. She married Henry Munyon on 9 December 1870, in Logan, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in York Township, Athens, Ohio, United States in 1860 and Illinois, United States in 1870. She died in 1882, in Logan, Illinois, United States, at the age of 32, and was buried in Steenbergen Cemetery, Mount Pulaski, Logan, Illinois, United States.
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- Martha Manly in household of Ninian Manly, "United States Census, 1870"
- Martha J. Manley Munyon, "Find A Grave Index"
- Martha Manley in entry for Charles Munyon, "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007"
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1856 · The Largest Map Company in the World
William Rand opened a small printing shop in Chicago. Doing most of the work himself for the first two years he decided to hire some help. Rand Hired Andrew McNally, an Irish Immigrant, to work in his shop. After doing business with the Chicago Tribune, Rand and McNally were hired to run the Tribune's entire printing operation. Years later, Rand and McNally established Rand McNally & Co after purchasing the Tribune's printing business. They focused mainly on printing tickets, complete railroad guides and timetables for the booming railroad industry around the city. What made the company successful was the detailed maps of roadways, along with directions to certain places. Rand McNally was the first major map publisher to embrace a system of numbered highways and erected many of the roadside highway signs that have been adopted by state and federal highway authorities. The company is still making and updating the world maps that are looked at every day.
1858 · A House Divided
Abraham Lincoln's goal was to be different than the previous Senators of Illinois and voice his opinion in how he saw the State and the United States start to drift apart in the different ideology on what was right and what was wrong. Even though it would become an unsuccessful campaign strategy to win the senate seat, to this day it is one of the most famous speeches of US politics.
1861 · Simple life to Soldiers
Illinois contributed 250,000 soldiers to the Union Army, ranking it fourth in terms of the total men fighting for a single state. Troops mainly fought in the Western side of the Appalachian Mountains, but a few regiments played important roles in the East side. Several thousand Illinoisians died during the war. No major battles were fought in the state, although several towns became sites for important supply depots and navy yards. Not everyone in the state supported the war and there were calls for secession in Southern Illinois several residents. However, the movement for secession soon died after the proposal was blocked.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of the places in Devon and Cheshire, named in Old English as ‘common wood or clearing’, from (ge)mǣne ‘common, shared’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’. The surname is still chiefly found in the regions around these villages.
English: nickname from Middle Englishmannly ‘manly, virile, brave’ (Old Englishmannlīc, originally ‘man-like’).
Irish (County Cork): Anglicized form of Ó Máinle (and often pronounced Mauly), of unexplained etymology. Compare Malley .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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