Brief Life History of Henry Woodford
When Henry Woodford Grayson was born about 1845, in Madison, Jefferson, Indiana, United States, his father, Henry Grayson, was 36 and his mother, Cynthia Ann Yearns, was 33. He married Melissa Rowe on 16 November 1863, in Bartholomew, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 daughters. He lived in Geneva Township, Jennings, Indiana, United States for about 10 years. He died on 11 October 1865, in Indiana, United States, at the age of 21.
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- Henry Grayson, "United States Census, 1850"
- Henry Nordford Grayson, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019"
- Henry W Grayson in entry for Melissa J Rowe, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019"
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1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1851 · Constitution of 1851
Due to the state’s financial crisis during the previous decade and growing criticism toward state government. Voters approve the Constitution of 1851 which forbade the state government from going into debt.
1856 · The Town of Santa Claus
The town of Santa Fe was denied their application for a United States Postal Service as a town of Santa Fe, Indiana, was already established. Several meetings were held and the name was changed to Santa Claus, Indiana. The United States Postal Service granted their application. Due to the name, the post office in Santa Claus continues to receive thousands of letters to Santa Claus from children around the world each December.
Name Meaning
English (northern): variant of Graveson, ‘son of the steward, farm bailiff, or village headman’. From the North Midlands through Yorkshire to the north-west, the source is Middle English grayve, grayve, greve, a borrowing of Old Norse greifi ‘earl, count’ (see Grave ). In Durham and Northumberland the source is Middle English greve, from Old (Northumbrian) English grǣfa with the same meaning (see Grieve ).
English: possibly a habitational name from Greysouthen (Cumbria), recorded as Graysone in 1505.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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