Nancy Inslee Ayers

Brief Life History of Nancy Inslee

When Nancy Inslee Ayers was born on 9 May 1836, in Beverly, Adams, Illinois, United States, her father, Joseph Ayres, was 30 and her mother, Hannah Marsh Inslee, was 31. She married Benjamin Franklin Buffington on 7 October 1855, in Adams, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 5 daughters. She lived in Glenwood, Mills, Iowa, United States in 1880 and Glenwood Township, Mills, Iowa, United States in 1900. She died on 27 January 1907, in Mills, Iowa, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Glenwood, Mills, Iowa, United States.

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Family Time Line

Benjamin Franklin Buffington
1829–1896
Nancy Inslee Ayers
1836–1907
Marriage: 7 October 1855
Elizabeth Buffington
1858–1922
Mary B Buffington
1860–1940
Charles Rollin Buffington
1864–1951
Emma Cordelia Buffington
1869–1948
Rosa Buffington
1871–1871
Nellie Frank Buffington
1874–1879

Sources (22)

  • Nancy Ayers in household of Joseph Ayers, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Nancy Ayres, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"
  • Nancy Ayers, "Iowa, Death Records, 1904-1951"

World Events (8)

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1851

Historical Boundaries: 1848: Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States 1851: Mills, Iowa, United States

1856 · The Largest Map Company in the World

William Rand opened a small printing shop in Chicago. Doing most of the work himself for the first two years he decided to hire some help. Rand Hired Andrew McNally, an Irish Immigrant, to work in his shop. After doing business with the Chicago Tribune, Rand and McNally were hired to run the Tribune's entire printing operation. Years later, Rand and McNally established Rand McNally & Co after purchasing the Tribune's printing business. They focused mainly on printing tickets, complete railroad guides and timetables for the booming railroad industry around the city. What made the company successful was the detailed maps of roadways, along with directions to certain places. Rand McNally was the first major map publisher to embrace a system of numbered highways and erected many of the roadside highway signs that have been adopted by state and federal highway authorities. The company is still making and updating the world maps that are looked at every day.

Name Meaning

English: derivative of Ayer , with excrescent -s. The -s may represent a trace of the Latin nominative singular in heres ‘heir’, but it may also signify the son or servant of someone known as ‘the heir’, i.e. someone who was heir to some great estate.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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