Brief Life History of Cordelia
When Cordelia Braley was born on 6 April 1847, in Meigs, Orange Township, Meigs, Ohio, United States, her father, Hartwell S Braley, was 30 and her mother, Emily Lang, was 29. She married John Milton Brown on 3 July 1864, in Meigs, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. She lived in Rutland Township, Meigs, Ohio, United States in 1900 and Rutland, Rutland Township, Meigs, Ohio, United States for about 20 years. She died on 31 October 1932, in Middleport, Salisbury Township, Meigs, Ohio, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Anderson Cemetery, Dexter, Meigs, Ohio, United States.
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- Cordilla Brown in household of John Brown, "United States Census, 1870"
- Cordelia Braley, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016"
- Cordellia Brown, "Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953"
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1860 · Ohio supports the Union side of the Civil War
Although divided as a state on the subject of slavery, Ohio participated in the Civil War on the Union's side, providing over 300,000 troops. Ohio provided the 3rd largest number of troops by any Union state.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment
Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Brailey .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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