Brief Life History of Nancy
When Nancy Showalter was born on 22 January 1813, in Rockingham, Virginia, United States, her father, Jacob Showalter Sr, was 40 and her mother, Sophia Saufley, was 35. She married Reuben C Coffman on 18 November 1833, in Rockingham, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Virginia, United States in 1870 and Central District, Rockingham, Virginia, United States in 1880. She died on 21 May 1892, in Rockingham, Virginia, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Harrisonburg, Rockingham, Virginia, United States.
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- Nancy Coffman in household of Henry A Heatwol, "United States Census, 1880"
- Nancy, "Virginia, Bureau of Vital Statistics, County Marriage Registers, 1853-1935"
- Nancy Coffman, "Find A Grave Index"
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1819 · Panic! of 1819
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
1824 · "Mary Randolph Publishes ""The Virginia Housewife"""
“The Virginia Housewife” was published by Mary Randolph. It was the first cookbook published in America.
1836 · Remember the Alamo
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
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Americanized form of German Schowalter .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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