Brief Life History of Prisciana
When Prisciana Badgley was born in August 1837, in Parkersburg, Wood, West Virginia, United States, her father, Abraham Badgley, was 43 and her mother, Mary A Grogan, was 38. She married William Small on 12 February 1856, in Parkersburg, Wood, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in West Virginia, United States in 1870 and Harris District, Wood, West Virginia, United States for about 20 years. She died in 1902, in Wood, Virginia, United States, at the age of 65, and was buried in Belleville, Wood, West Virginia, United States.
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- Prisscena Grogan in household of James Grogan, "United States Census, 1900"
- Prescenary Grogan, "West Virginia Deaths, 1804-1999"
- Prisceana Grogan, "West Virginia Will Books, 1756-1971"
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World Events (8)
1844 · Lumpkin's Jail
In 1844 when Robert Lumpkin bought land in Virginia, this would be the spot of the Infamous Slave Jail (or Lumpkin’s Jail). The slaves would be brought here during the slave trade until they were sold. Lumpkin had purchased the land for his own slave business.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1861 · The Battle of Manassas
The Battle of Manassas is also referred to as the First Battle of Bull Run. 35,000 Union troops were headed towards Washington D.C. after 20,000 Confederate forces. The McDowell's Union troops fought with General Beauregard's Confederate troops along a little river called Bull Run.
Name Meaning
English (Sussex): variant of Betchley, a habitational name from Beckley in Sussex, derived from the Old English personal name Becca + lēah ‘woodland clearing’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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