Brief Life History of Nancy Elizabeth
When Nancy Elizabeth Curtis was born on 24 February 1876, in Hardin, Tennessee, United States, her father, Murrell Curtis, was 37 and her mother, Hannah Arnold, was 33. She married James Dolphin Doc Copeland on 7 August 1892. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in District 14, Grainger, Tennessee, United States in 1880 and Civil District 1, Hardin, Tennessee, United States for about 10 years. She died on 1 December 1918, in Hardin, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 42, and was buried in New Harmony Cemetery, Hardin, Tennessee, United States.
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- Bettie Copeland in household of Doc Copeland, "United States Census, 1900"
- Legacy NFS Source: Nancy Elizabeth Curtis - Published information: birth-name: Nancy Elizabeth Curtis
- Nancy Elizabeth Curtis in entry for Jewel Catherine Copeland, "Tennessee, Birth Records (ER Series), 1908-1912"
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World Events (8)
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.
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.
Name Meaning
English: nickname for a refined person, sometimes perhaps given ironically, from Middle English, Old French courteis, courtois, curtis ‘courtly, refined, urbane’ (derivative of Old French court; see Court 1).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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