Cynthia Perry

Brief Life History of Cynthia

When Cynthia Perry was born on 14 March 1814, in Kentucky, United States, her father, John Daniel Perry, was 44 and her mother, Elizabeth Betsy Nickell, was 45. She married John Grizzell on 20 January 1830, in Lawrence, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 9 daughters. She lived in Carter, Carter, Kentucky, United States in 1850. She died on 9 November 1892, in Carter, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Olive Hill, Carter, Kentucky, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Grizzell
1811–1887
Cynthia Perry
1814–1892
Marriage: 20 January 1830
Sarah Grizzell
1831–1891
Elizabeth Grizzell
1833–about 1874
Lucretia Grizzell
1835–1905
George W. Grizzell
1837–1908
Thomas Newton Grizzell
1841–1932
Lennie Grizzell
1843–1890
Nancy Grizzell
1845–
Rebecca Grizzell
1847–1877
Jenny Grizzle
1849–
LaFayette Grizzell
1849–
Rufus Hensley Grizzell
1851–1918
Sinnashe Grizzell
1852–1934
Mary Willis Grizzell
1857–1926
Charles Grizzell
1861–

Sources (16)

  • Cinthia Grizell in household of John Grizell, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Cinithia Perry, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
  • Cynthia Perry Grizzell, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1818 · Jackson Purchase

The western part of Kentucky purchased by Andrew Jackson from the Chickasaw Indians in 1818. It became known as the Jackson Purchase. This included land that wasn't originally part of Kentucky when it became a state.

1819 · Panic! of 1819

With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years. 

1836 · Remember the Alamo

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.

Name Meaning

Welsh: Anglicized form of Welsh ap Herry ‘son of Herry’, a variant of the personal name Harry (see Harris ).

English: topographic name for someone who lived near a pear tree (Middle English piri(e), peri(e), puri(e), Old English pirige, pyrige), or a habitational name for someone who owned or came from a place so named. This surname and a number of variants have been established in Ireland since the 17th century.

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

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