When Mary Elizabeth Radford was born on 23 April 1837, in Christian, Kentucky, United States, her father, Johnson Radford, was 36 and her mother, Nancy L. Whitlock, was 40. She married Leonidas Hall on 12 January 1853, in Christian, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. She died on 27 December 1868, in Trigg, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 31, and was buried in Montgomery, Trigg, Kentucky, United States.
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U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Historical Boundaries 1853: Trigg, Kentucky, United States
Kentucky sided with the Union during the Civil War, even though it is a southern state.
English and Scottish: habitational name from any of several places called Radford (Devon, Nottinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Somerset, Warwickshire, Worcestershire), Raddiford (Devon), Ratford (Sussex, Wiltshire), Redford (Angus, Fife, Midlothian, Dorset, Sussex), Retford (Nottinghamshire), Rodford (Gloucestershire), or Rudford (Gloucestershire). Most of these placenames appear to derive from Old English rēad ‘red’ + ford ‘ford’, though some are likely to derive from Old English hrēod ‘reed’ + ford (e.g. Rodford and Rudford (Gloucestershire)), and the Oxfordshire placename may derive from Old English rād ‘riding’ + ford, probably meaning ‘ford which can be crossed on horseback’. This English name has been established in Ireland (Wexford) since the 16th century.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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