Brief Life History of Dayton
When Dayton Holloway was born on 8 January 1795, in Fairfax, Culpeper, Virginia, United States, his father, David Holloway, was 23 and his mother, Hannah Richards, was 20. He married Barbara Smith about 1819, in Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 4 daughters. He died on 18 May 1847, in Indiana, United States, at the age of 52, and was buried in Walnut Ridge Cemetery, Carthage, Ripley Township, Rush, Indiana, United States.
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Sources (11)
- Daylon Holloway, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"
- Dayton Holloway in entry for Helen D Smith, "Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953"
- Dayton Holloway, "Find A Grave Index"
Spouse and Children
1795–1847 Male
1799–1876 Female
Children (10)
1820–1896 Female
1823–1890 Female
1826–1887 Male
1829–1872 Male
1831–1880 Male
+5 More Children
Parents and Siblings
1771–1847 Male
1774–1847 Female
Siblings (8)
1795–1847 Male
1796–1878 Female
1797–1873 Female
1801–1845 Male
1803– Female
+3 More Children
World Events (8)
1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.
Age 5
1803
Age 8
1812
Age 17
Name Meaning
English: topographic name for someone who lived ‘(by the) sunken road’, from Middle English hol(g)h ‘hollow’ + weie ‘way, road’ (Old English holh + weg), or else a habitational name from any of numerous places so named, such as Holloway (Middlesex) or Holway (Somerset). In Ireland (Leinster), the name has sometimes been Gaelicized as Ó hAilmhic (see Hulvey ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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