When Ann Allston Leland was born on 11 May 1846, in Mount Pleasant, Charleston, South Carolina, United States, her father, John Adams Leland, was 28 and her mother, Ann Allston DuPre, was 21. She married William Watts Kennedy on 2 April 1874, in Reidville, Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina, United States in 1850 and Mecklenburg, North Carolina, United States in 1860. She died on 13 March 1885, in Laurens, Laurens, South Carolina, United States, at the age of 38.
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The first state fair in North Carolina was held in Raleigh and was put on by the North Carolina State Agricultural Society in 1853. The fair has been continuous except for during the American Civil War and Reconstruction and WWII.
On February 7, 1862, General Burnside's expedition started with the Battle of Roanoke Island. The battle was mostly fought by the Union and Confederate Navy's. This was a Union victory.
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Perhaps a shortened form of Scottish or Irish McClellan or McLelland , but geographical distribution in England suggests it may have an unexplained English origin.
Norwegian: habitational name from the name of several farms, especially in Agder, a compound of le ‘barway, gate’ and land ‘(piece of) land, farmstead’.
Americanized form of Norwegian Liland: compound of li ‘hillside, mountainside’ and land ‘(piece of) land, farmstead’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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