Nancy Emenaline Pettit

Brief Life History of Nancy Emenaline

When Nancy Emenaline Pettit was born on 10 August 1850, in Murray, Georgia, United States, her father, Isaac Pettit, was 22 and her mother, Emily Elmina Pilgrim, was 19. She married Marion Taylor Osborn on 6 November 1870, in Murray, Georgia, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in District 824, Murray, Georgia, United States in 1900 and District 1291, Murray, Georgia, United States in 1910. She died on 22 December 1920, in Murray, Georgia, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Chatsworth, Murray, Georgia, United States.

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Family Time Line

Marion Taylor Osborn
1847–1923
Nancy Emenaline Pettit
1850–1920
Marriage: 6 November 1870
John Allen Osborn
1872–1923
Cloria Jane Osborn
1872–1903
Sarah Osborn
1879–
Mamie Elizabeth Osborn
1882–1943
William N Osborn
1884–1902
James Coleman Osborn
1887–1927

Sources (13)

  • Nancy Osborn in household of Marion J Osborn, "United States Census, 1910"
  • Nancy Pettit, "Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950"
  • Nancy Orsborn, "Georgia Deaths, 1914-1927"

World Events (8)

1861

Civil War History - Some 11,000 Georgians gave their lives in defense of their state a state that suffered immense destruction. But wars end brought about an even more dramatic figure to tell: 460,000 African-Americans were set free from the shackles of slavery to begin new lives as free people.

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 (mainly southeastern): variant of Petit .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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