When Nancy Faris was born about 1812, in Tennessee, United States, her father, John Farris, was 44 and her mother, Margaret Morgan, was 40. She married Silas Faris on 4 March 1834, in Maury, Tennessee, United States. She lived in Lewis, Tennessee, United States in 1850.
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War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
The Hermitage located in Nashville, Tennessee was a plantation owned by President Andrew Jackson from 1804 until his death there in 1845. The Hermitage is now a museum.
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Irish and Scottish: variant of Ferris .
English: variant of Faires .
Muslim: from a personal name based on Arabic fāris ‘horseman, knight’. Compare Fares .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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