When William Andrew Poling was born on 12 November 1872, in Marion, West Virginia, United States, his father, John Poling, was 23 and his mother, Zeporah Ann "Zeppie" Pyles, was 17. He married Henrietta Beal on 5 December 1893, in Preston, West Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Lyon District, Preston, West Virginia, United States in 1910 and Saint James, Beaver Island, Township of Peaine, Charlevoix, Michigan, United States in 1920. He died on 15 May 1929, in Flemington, Taylor, West Virginia, United States, at the age of 56, and was buried in Union Baptist Church Cemetery, Simpson, Taylor, West Virginia, United States.
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In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
After the second state capitol had been destroyed, Michigan Governor Henry P. Baldwin initiated the passing of a bill that would cover the costs for a new building. The bill was adopted and raised over $1 million by a six year state income tax. Architect Elijah E. Myers' design named Tuebor, or I will defend, was selected and he was commissioned to design the new capitol building. The renaissance revival brick and sandstone building soared 267 feet from the ground and was dedicated on January 1, 1879.
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.
Probably from German habitational name from Polling (Bavaria, Austria).
English (Sussex and Hampshire) and Irish: variant of either Poland or Powling, either a habitational name from Poling in Sussex, or a nickname from an unrecorded Middle English polling, a derivative of Middle English polle ‘head, hair of the head’ or pollen ‘to cut (hair), shave (someone's head)’ + the noun-forming suffix -ing. It may have been given to someone with a distinctive head of hair or who had a shaven head.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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