When Millie Patillo Howard was born on 18 October 1817, in North Carolina, United States, her father, James Benjamin Howard, was 29 and her mother, Mary "Polly" Kimbrough, was 19. She married William Cook about 1837, in North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Graves, Kentucky, United States for about 20 years and Lynnville, Graves, Kentucky, United States in 1880. She died on 17 April 1904, in Boydsville, Graves, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Cook Cemetery, Lynnville, Graves, Kentucky, United States.
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With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
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U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
English: of Norman origin, from the Middle English personal names Huward (also Howard) and Heward, from Old French Huard (itself from ancient Germanic Hugihard, hugi- ‘mind, understanding, spirit’ + hard- ‘hardy, bold’). As Hugh appears in Middle English as both How and Hew, this is the definite origin of Heward and a source of Howard. This surname is also very common among African Americans. See Hugh .
English: from the Middle English personal name Haward or Howard, usually an Anglicized form of Old Danish Hāwarth (Old Norse Hávarthr, from há ‘high’ + varthr ‘guard, guardian, warden’). Alternation between Haward and Howard may have led to later confusion with Hayward .
English: occasionally a variant of Ewart 2.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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