Lucy Callis

Brief Life History of Lucy

When Lucy Callis was born in 1847, in Tennessee, United States, her father, Henry Callis, was 29 and her mother, Elaisa "Eliza" Steen, was 30. She married Thomas Benjamin Shore on 29 November 1865, in Obion, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in Civil District 4, Obion, Tennessee, United States in 1900 and Rives, Obion, Tennessee, United States for about 10 years.

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Family Time Line

Thomas Benjamin Shore
1837–1899
Lucy Callis
1847–
Marriage: 29 November 1865
Ira C Shore
1866–1928

Sources (10)

  • Lucy Shore in household of Thomas Shore, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Lucy C Callis, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"
  • Lucy Catherine Shore in entry for Thomas Benjamin Shore, "Tennessee, Confederate Pension Applications, Soldiers and Widows, 1891-1965"

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World Events (8)

1862 · Battle of Shiloh

The battle of Shiloh took place on April 6, 1862 and April 7, 1862. Confederate soldiers camp through the woods next to where the Union soldiers were camped at Pittsburg Landing on the Tennessee River. With 23,000 casualties this was the bloodiest battle of the Civil War up to this point.

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

English and Irish (of Norman origin): habitational name from the French port of Calais.

Greek: variant of Kallis .

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

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