Brief Life History of Nancy Hartwell
When Nancy Hartwell Erwin was born on 15 June 1857, in Monroe, Tennessee, United States, her father, John W Erwin, was 43 and her mother, Sarena Sellers, was 39. She married William Thomas Brewster on 22 July 1877, in Polk, Georgia, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in District 1079, Polk, Georgia, United States in 1900 and Cedartown, Polk, Georgia, United States for about 10 years. She died on 24 October 1937, in Polk, Georgia, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Esom Hill, Polk, Georgia, United States.
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- Nancy H Erwin in household of John Erwin, "United States Census, 1860"
- Nancy H. Irwinn, "Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950"
- Nancy Hartsell Brewster, "Georgia Deaths, 1928-1943"
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1861
Civil War History - Some 11,000 Georgians gave their lives in defense of their state a state that suffered immense destruction. But wars end brought about an even more dramatic figure to tell: 460,000 African-Americans were set free from the shackles of slavery to begin new lives as free people.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1878 · Yellow Fever Epidemic
When a man that had escaped a quarantined steamboat with yellow fever went to a restaurant he infected Kate Bionda the owner. This was the start of the yellow fever epidemic in Memphis, Tennessee. By the end of the epidemic 5,200 of the residence would die.
Name Meaning
Scottish and Irish: variant of Irvine .
English: from the Middle English personal name Everwin, Erwin, perhaps from Old English Eoforwine (eofor ‘boar’ + wine ‘friend’) but mostly from an Old French form of the cognate ancient Germanic name Everwin, or from a different ancient Germanic name, Herewin, with loss of initial H- (first element hari, heri ‘army’).
German: from the personal name Erwin, from Herwin, a compound of Old High German heri ‘army’ + wini ‘friend’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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