Brief Life History of William Zachariah Taylor
When William Zachariah Taylor Wren was born on 21 April 1846, in Montgomery, Kentucky, United States, his father, George Sims Wren, was 26 and his mother, Caroline Davis, was 24. He married Anna Belle Morris on 24 May 1882, in Lebanon, Center Township, Boone, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. He lived in North Salem, Eel River Township, Hendricks, Indiana, United States in 1900 and Eel River Township, Hendricks, Indiana, United States for about 20 years. He died on 17 March 1940, in Hendricks, Indiana, United States, at the age of 93, and was buried in Jamestown, Jackson Township, Boone, Indiana, United States.
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- William Wren in household of George S Wren, "United States Census, 1880"
- William L Wren, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007"
- William Taylor Wren, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1850 · 8th Most Populated State
According to the 1850 census Kentucky was the 8th most populated state with 982,405 people.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1872 · The First National Park
Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.
Name Meaning
English: nickname from the bird, from Middle English wrenne ‘wren’ (Old English wrenna, wrænna), perhaps for a person of small stature.
Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Rinn (see Ring ).
Welsh: Anglicized form of the personal name Uren .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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