Brief Life History of Edmund Wilson
When Edmund Wilson Highley was born on 31 July 1842, in Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States, his father, William M. Highley, was 24 and his mother, Mary Ann Wright, was 21. He married Phebe E. Wright on 19 September 1862, in Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Magisterial District 1, Lawrence, Kentucky, United States in 1860. He died from 1870 to 1880.
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- Ed W Hily in household of M A Hily, "United States Census, 1860"
- Wilson Highley, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
- Willis Hiley, "Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1967"
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World Events (8)
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1850 · 8th Most Populated State
According to the 1850 census Kentucky was the 8th most populated state with 982,405 people.
1861
Kentucky sided with the Union during the Civil War, even though it is a southern state.
Name Meaning
English (Yorkshire and Lancashire): habitational name from High Lee in Luddenden Foot (Yorkshire). This is the main source of the name, although in some instances the source may be another place of similar name, such as High Legh (Cheshire). The Yorkshire placename probably derives from Old English hygel ‘hillock’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’, while the Cheshire placename derives from Old English lēah, with later addition of Middle English heigh ‘high’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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