Brief Life History of Isabella Scott "Ibby"
When Isabella Scott "Ibby" Bray was born on 12 January 1824, in Morgan, Indiana, United States, her father, Abijah Bray, was 26 and her mother, Isabella Scott, was 25. She married Lincoln Caleb Bales on 23 June 1842, in Washington, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Penn Township, Jefferson, Iowa, United States in 1860. She died on 12 December 1864, at the age of 40, and was buried in Ackworth Cemetery, Ackworth, Warren, Iowa, United States.
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- Ibba Bayles in household of Caleb Bayles, "United States Census, 1860"
- Jby. S. Bray, "Iowa, Marriages, 1809-1992"
- Ebbie S. Bales, "Find A Grave Index"
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1825 · The Crimes Act
The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
1825 · State Capital Moves to Indianapolis
The state capital was moved from Corydon to Indianapolis on January 10, 1825.
1836 · Remember the Alamo
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of the places in Berkshire and Devon. The former is probably named with Old French bray ‘marsh’, the latter from the Cornish element bre ‘hill’.
English: perhaps a topographic name from northern Middle English bra ‘steep (river) bank’ or ‘brow of a hill’, denoting someone who lived at such a place.
English (of Norman origin): habitational name from any of several places in Normandy or Picardy called Bray (Eure, Calvados, Aisne, Somme); see 6.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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