Brief Life History of Nancy Mary
When Nancy Mary Gentry was born in 1842, in Lowndes, Mississippi, United States, her father, Samuel Martin Gentry, was 27 and her mother, Sarah Ann Martin, was 25. She lived in Pontotoc, Mississippi, United States in 1860 and Beat 4, Union, Mississippi, United States in 1880.
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Sources (4)
- Nancy M Gentry in household of Saml M Gentry, "United States Census, 1860"
- Legacy NFS Source: Nancy Mary Gentry - Government record: Census record: birth-name: Nancy Mary Gentry
- Nancy M Gentry in household of Samuel Gentry, "United States Census, 1850"
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World Events (8)
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1861
Mississippi became the second state to leave the Union at the start of the Civil War in 1861.
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
Name Meaning
English (Essex and Middlesex): nickname from Middle English, Old French genterie ‘nobility of birth or character’. Compare Gentle .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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