Brief Life History of Anna Eliza
When Anna Eliza Bradley was born on 11 December 1848, in Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, United States, her father, David W. Bradley, was 38 and her mother, Eunice Hawk, was 29. She married Jacob Whistler Payton on 15 November 1868, in Keokuk, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Delta, Keokuk, Iowa, United States in 1885 and Warren Township, Keokuk, Iowa, United States in 1900. She died on 26 November 1938, in Amoret, Bates, Missouri, United States, at the age of 89, and was buried in Amoret, Bates, Missouri, United States.
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- Ann Paton in household of Jacob W Paton, "United States Census, 1870"
- Ann Bradley, "Iowa Marriages, 1809-1992"
- Anna Eliza Bradley Payton, "Find A Grave Index"
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1857 · The State Capital moves to Des Moines
The Capitol was located in Iowa City until the 1st General Assembly of Iowa recognized that the Capitol should be moved farther west than Iowa City. Land was found two miles from the Des Moines River to start construction of the new building. Today the Capitol building still stands on its original plot.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1872 · The First National Park
Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of the many places throughout England named Bradley, from Old English brād ‘broad’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’.
Scottish: habitational name from Braidlie in Roxburghshire.
Irish (Ulster): adopted as an English equivalent of Gaelic Ó Brolcháin ‘descendant of Brolacháin’, a diminutive of the personal name Brólach, compare Brawley . This was a learned family.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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