Brief Life History of Lucy Ann
When Lucy Ann Hegwood was born about 1843, in Indiana, United States, her father, Robert F. Hegwood, was 44 and her mother, Nancy Jane Bays, was 18. She married Jesse H Polley on 23 May 1860, in Bloomington Township, Monroe, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Washington Township, Monroe, Indiana, United States in 1860 and Salem, Richardson, Nebraska, United States in 1880. She died on 5 April 1879, in Falls City, Richardson, Nebraska, United States, at the age of 37.
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- Lucy Polly in household of Robt Hedgwood, "United States Census, 1860"
- Indiana, Marriage Collection, 1800-1941
- Lucy Ann Hegwood in entry for Jesse Polley, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007"
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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.
1851 · Constitution of 1851
Due to the state’s financial crisis during the previous decade and growing criticism toward state government. Voters approve the Constitution of 1851 which forbade the state government from going into debt.
1854
On May 30, 1854, the Kansas-Nebraska Act was passed. It allowed people in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide whether or not they wanted to allow slavery within their borders. This Act repealed the Missouri Compromise of 1820.
Name Meaning
Variant of Hagwood , Hagewood , and Haigwood , surnames of English origin.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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