Brief Life History of Elizabeth Kissiah
When Elizabeth Kissiah Farley was born on 27 November 1864, in Blount, Alabama, United States, her father, John Wesley Farley, was 32 and her mother, Cynthia Kesiah Bynum, was 32. She married James M Martin on 6 May 1880. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She lived in Ellis, Texas, United States in 1880 and Justice Precinct 5, Ellis, Texas, United States for about 30 years. She died on 10 August 1947, in Oak, Ellis, Texas, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Ellis, Texas, United States.
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- Elizabeth Martin in household of James M Martin, "United States Census, 1880"
- M E Farley, "Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-1965"
- Elizabeth M. Martin, "Texas, Deaths and Burials, 1903-1973"
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1865
Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
1869
Historical Boundaries 1869: Ellis, Texas, United States
1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of various places called Farley, of which there are examples in Berkshire, Derbyshire, Hampshire, Kent, Somerset, Gloucestershire, Staffordshire, Surrey, Wiltshire, Shropshire, and Sussex. From Old English fearn ‘fern’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’. See also Farleigh , Fairley , Fairlie .
Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Fearghaile (see Farrelly ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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