Lucy Ann Staley

Brief Life History of Lucy Ann

When Lucy Ann Staley was born on 6 July 1844, in Rural Retreat, Wythe, Virginia, United States, her father, Benjamin Staley, was 45 and her mother, Regina Huddle, was 42. She married Andrew Jackson Oaks on 31 May 1869, in Smyth, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 7 daughters. She lived in Virginia, United States in 1870 and Rich Valley, Smyth, Virginia, United States in 1880. She died in 1901, in Wythe, Virginia, United States, at the age of 57.

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Family Time Line

Andrew Jackson Oaks
1834–1896
Lucy Ann Staley
1844–1901
Marriage: 31 May 1869
Oaks
1869–
Mary Alice V Oakes
1870–1883
George Washington Oakes
1872–1952
Amanda A Oakes
1874–1886
Maud M Oakes
1875–
Adolphus Staley Oakes
1876–1919
Minnie Adelia Oakes
1879–1966
Ollie Carrie Oaks
1880–1958
Caroline F. Oakes
1880–1881
Oakes
1884–1884
Mary Alice Oakes
1884–1895
Oakes
1885–1885

Sources (58)

  • Lucy Staley in household of Benjamin Staley, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Lucie Oaks, "Virginia, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Birth Records, 1853-1896"
  • Lucy A Staley, "Virginia, County Marriage Records, 1771-1989"

World Events (8)

1846

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

1847 · Hollywood Cemetery Established

Hollywood Cemetery was established in 1847 in Richmond Virginia. This is where Presidents James Monroe and John Tyler are buried. During the Civil War it became the largest military interments and a large section dedicated to military burials. Jefferson Davis a well known Confederate is also buried here. Many other notable people are also buried here.

1863

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

Name Meaning

English: habitational name from Staveley in Derbyshire, Stayley in Lancashire (now called Stalybridge in Greater Manchester), or perhaps Staveley (Westmorland), Staveley (Lancashire), or Staveley (Yorkshire). The placenames all derive from Old English stæf ‘staff, stave, rod’ (genitive plural stafa) + lēah ‘woodland clearing’. Compare Staveley .

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

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