Brief Life History of Nellie
When Nellie Patton was born about 1860, in Greenwood Township, Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Isaac Dewitt Patton, was 32 and her mother, Sarah J Long, was 21. She lived in Greenwood, Greenwood Township, Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States in 1880.
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- Nellie Palton, "United States Census, 1880"
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1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1863 · Battle of Gettysburg
The three day Battle of Gettysburg was one of the bloodiest of the American Civil War. Between the Confederates and Unions, somewhere between 46,000 and 51,000 people died that day.
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
Name Meaning
English, northern Irish, and Scottish: from the Middle English and Older Scottish personal name Patun, Paton, an Old French diminutive of Pat(e), a pet form of Patrick. Compare Patrick and Pattinson .
History: The American general George Patton (1885–1945) was born in San Gabriel, CA, into a family with a long military tradition. His earliest American ancestor, Robert Patton, had emigrated from Scotland to VA c. 1770.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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