Brief Life History of Shedrick Florentine "Shady"
When Shedrick Florentine "Shady" Nowlin was born on 2 March 1850, in Bedford, Tennessee, United States, his father, Benjamin Franklin Nowlin, was 47 and his mother, Elizabeth Lucinda Webb, was 43. He married Martha Ann Glover on 8 October 1871, in Lawrence, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 7 daughters. He lived in Moreland, Pope, Arkansas, United States in 1900 and Valley Township, Pope, Arkansas, United States for about 20 years. He died on 30 September 1933, in Gum Log Township, Pope, Arkansas, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Center Valley, Pope, Arkansas, United States.
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- Shedrick Nowlen in household of Frannie E Penen, "United States Census, 1870"
- S F Nowlen, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"
- S F Nowlin, "Arkansas Death Index, 1914-1950"
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1856
Historical Boundaries: 1856: Pope, Arkansas, United States
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1872 · The First National Park
Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.
Name Meaning
Americanized form of French Nolin or Irish Nolan and Nolen . Compare Knowlin and Nowling .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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from ancestry posted by Anita bowden
Benjamin Franklin Nowlin, born 30 Mar 1802 in Tennessee and died in Bedford County Tennessee in 1858, married Lucinda (Lucy) Webb ca 1830, born 25 Dec 1808, in Tennessee, and died in Bedford County, T …
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