Nancy Ellen Coffey was born in 1813, in Wayne, Kentucky, United States as the daughter of Coffey and Nancy Phelps. She married William Perry Meadows on 15 March 1831, in Barren, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Township of Floyd, Warren, Illinois, United States in 1870 and Berwick, Warren, Illinois, United States in 1880. She died on 14 December 1888, in Warren, Illinois, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Meridian Cemetery, Berwick, Warren, Illinois, United States.
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Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
Irish:
shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Cathbhadha ‘descendant of Cathbhadh’, a byname meaning ‘battle tent’, Ó Cathbhuadhaigh ‘descendant of Cathbhuadhach’ (‘battle victorious’), or Ó Cathmhogha ‘descendant of Cathmhugh’ (‘battle slave’).
shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Cobhthaigh ‘descendant of Cobhthach’, a byname meaning ‘victorious’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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