Brief Life History of Emma Tilman
When Emma Tilman Nuckols was born on 26 September 1879, in Goochland, Virginia, United States, her father, Martin Luther Nuckols, was 38 and her mother, Salina Jane Mosby, was 30. She married William Floyd Puryear in 1899, in Rockville, Hanover, Virginia, United States. She lived in Dover, Goochland, Virginia, United States for about 10 years. She died on 5 November 1946, in Dumas, Desha, Arkansas, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Rockville, Hanover, Virginia, United States.
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- Emma T Puryear in household of William F Puryear, "United States Census, 1930"
- Emma T Nuckols in household of Martin L Nuckols, "United States Census, 1910"
- Emma T Nuckols in household of Martin L Nuckols, "United States Census, 1900"
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1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
1883 · The Mosaic Templar is Founded
The Mosaic Templar is an African American fraternal organization founded in Little Rock. it was founded by former slaves, John Edward Bush and Chester W. Keatts. It was part of a movement that was going on at the time, where everyone was forming fraternities and sororities. The main departments for this one where endowment, monument, analysis, uniform, rank, recapitulation, records, and a juvenile division.
1898 · War with the Spanish
After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.
Name Meaning
Probably an altered form of English Knuckles or perhaps of some other similar (like-sounding) surname, such as Nichols . Compare Nuchols , Nuckles , and Nuckolls .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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