Harriet Darnall

Brief Life History of Harriet

When Harriet Darnall was born in 1848, in Westfield, Clark, Illinois, United States, her father, Thomas W. Darnell, was 26 and her mother, Ann Johnson, was 27. She married Reuben Pendell on 28 September 1865, in Coles, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Township of Westfield, Clark, Illinois, United States in 1860 and Parker Township, Clark, Illinois, United States in 1880. She died in 1880, in Illinois, United States, at the age of 32.

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Family Time Line

Reuben Pendell
1835–1907
Harriet Darnall
1848–1880
Marriage: 28 September 1865
John T Pendell
1865–1898
Mary Anna Pendell
1869–1956
Kathryn Jane Pendell
1872–1944
James Hampton Pendell
1877–1945
Pendell
1879–

Sources (11)

  • Harriet Darnell in household of Thomas Darnell, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Harriet Darnall, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"
  • Henriette Darnell in entry for James H. Pendell and Rose Myers, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"

World Events (8)

1848 · Chicago Board of Trade is organized

Starting as a voluntary association to help buyers and sellers meet to negotiate and make contracts. The Chicago Board of Trade is one of the oldest futures and options exchanges in the world and it is open 22 hours per day to stay competitive.

1856 · The Largest Map Company in the World

William Rand opened a small printing shop in Chicago. Doing most of the work himself for the first two years he decided to hire some help. Rand Hired Andrew McNally, an Irish Immigrant, to work in his shop. After doing business with the Chicago Tribune, Rand and McNally were hired to run the Tribune's entire printing operation. Years later, Rand and McNally established Rand McNally & Co after purchasing the Tribune's printing business. They focused mainly on printing tickets, complete railroad guides and timetables for the booming railroad industry around the city. What made the company successful was the detailed maps of roadways, along with directions to certain places. Rand McNally was the first major map publisher to embrace a system of numbered highways and erected many of the roadside highway signs that have been adopted by state and federal highway authorities. The company is still making and updating the world maps that are looked at every day.

1858 · A House Divided

Abraham Lincoln's goal was to be different than the previous Senators of Illinois and voice his opinion in how he saw the State and the United States start to drift apart in the different ideology on what was right and what was wrong. Even though it would become an unsuccessful campaign strategy to win the senate seat, to this day it is one of the most famous speeches of US politics.

Name Meaning

English (Bedfordshire): either a variant of Darnell , or a habitational name from Darnall, now a district of Sheffield (Yorkshire), or Darnhall in Cheshire, both named from Old English derne ‘hidden, secret’ + halh ‘nook’. This surname is now rare in Britain.

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

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