When Nancy Jane Runions was born on 1 January 1844, in Lewis, Tennessee, United States, her father, Thomas Runions, was 61 and her mother, Parthenia Grinder, was 47. She married Francis Moore about 1859, in Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Justice Precinct 2, San Saba, Texas, United States in 1880. She died on 1 May 1880, in Petty, Lamar, Texas, United States, at the age of 36.
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U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Tennessee was known as the Volunteer State because during the Mexican War the government asked Tennessee for 3,000 volunteer soldiers and 30,000 joined.
Historical Boundaries: 1856: San Saba, Texas, United States
Altered form of Runion , a surname of French (and possibly also Irish) origin, with the addition of excrescent -s, a common feature of Americanized surnames.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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