Nancy Ann Mariah Talton

Brief Life History of Nancy Ann Mariah

When Nancy Ann Mariah Talton was born on 10 November 1850, in Johnston, North Carolina, United States, her father, Asa Talton, was 41 and her mother, Anna M Davis, was 37. She married William Thomas Hales on 27 January 1897, in Wayne, North Carolina, United States. She lived in White Store Township, Anson, North Carolina, United States in 1870 and Buck Swamp Township, Wayne, North Carolina, United States in 1910. She died on 17 March 1925, in Wayne, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Selma, Johnston, North Carolina, United States.

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Family Time Line

William Thomas Hales
1838–1920
Nancy Ann Mariah Talton
1850–1925
Marriage: 27 January 1897

Sources (8)

  • Nancy Talton in household of Asa Talton, "United States Census, 1860"
  • N A M Talton, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 "
  • Nancy M Talton Hales, "Find A Grave Index"

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World Events (8)

1853 · First State Fair

The first state fair in North Carolina was held in Raleigh and was put on by the North Carolina State Agricultural Society in 1853. The fair has been continuous except for during the American Civil War and Reconstruction and WWII.

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment

Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.

Name Meaning

English (Lincolnshire and Staffordshire):

habitational name apparently from Tallington (Lincolnshire). The placename probably derives from an Old English personal name T(e)alla + Old English connective -ing- + tūn ‘farmstead, estate’.

probably a variant of Tolton .

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

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