Lindsey Andrew Nunn

Brief Life History of Lindsey Andrew

When Lindsey Andrew Nunn was born on 4 July 1864, in Trigg, Kentucky, United States, his father, John William Nunn, was 36 and his mother, Louisa Melvina Salzgiver, was 33. He married Martha Ann Frances Jones on 26 February 1885, in Trigg, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Golden Pond, Trigg, Kentucky, United States in 1920 and Magisterial District 1, Trigg, Kentucky, United States in 1930. He died on 15 August 1951, in Murray, Calloway, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Long Creek Cemetery, Fenton, Trigg, Kentucky, United States.

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Family Time Line

Lindsey Andrew Nunn
1864–1951
Martha Ann Frances Jones
1858–1949
Marriage: 26 February 1885
John William Nunn
1886–1933
Ivy Lee Nunn
1888–1978
Mary Elizabeth Nunn
1890–1969
Dixie Jean Nunn
1892–1898
Louise Nunn
1896–1973
Anna Nunn
1899–
Andrew Nunn
1900–1920
Harriett Nunn Shaw
1903–1988

Sources (10)

  • Lindsey A Nun in household of John W Nun, "United States Census, 1880"
  • Lindsay Andrew Nunn, "Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1961"
  • L. A. Nunn in entry for John W. Nunn, "Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1963"

World Events (8)

1865

Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.

1865 · The Assassination of a President

"While attending the play ""Our American Cousin"" in Ford's Theatre, actor John Wilkes Booth climbed up the stairs to the suite that President Abraham Lincoln and his wife resided. Once inside the suite Booth pulled out his pistol and shot The President in the head. In critical condition The President was carried out of the theatre for urgent medical attention. Unfortunately, Lincoln died the following day. Abraham Lincoln was the first American president to be assassinated, and his death caused a period of national mourning both in the North and South."

1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act

This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.

Name Meaning

English (mainly East Anglia): nickname for a pious or demure man from Middle English nunne, nonne, occasionally none, noune, and nowne ‘nun’.

German: from an Old High German personal name Nunno, said to be a nursery word.

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

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