When Jasper Newton Jolly was born on 28 October 1857, in Quincy, Adams, Illinois, United States, his father, John Lowrey Jolly, was 29 and his mother, Matilda Hester Ann Van Cleave, was 28. He married Jennie Nellie Gary on 1 January 1882, in Fairbury, Jefferson, Nebraska, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Clarkston, Asotin, Washington, United States in 1920 and Salem, Marion, Oregon, United States in 1930. He died on 9 June 1941, in Longview, Cowlitz, Washington, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Vineland Cemetery, Clarkston, Asotin, Washington, United States.
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Historical Boundaries 1861: Nez Perce, Washington Territory, United States 1863: Nez Perce, Idaho Territory, United States 1890: Nez Perce, Idaho, United States
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
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English, Scottish, and French: nickname for someone of a cheerful or attractive disposition, from Middle English, Old French jolif, joli ‘cheerful, lively, pretty’. In North America, this surname is also an altered form of the most common French variant Joly .
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