Brief Life History of Letha Nancy
When Letha Nancy Riley was born in 1824, in Wayne, Tennessee, United States, her father, Samuel Wallace Riley I, was 27 and her mother, Mary Ann Stroud, was 28. She married King Prater in 1839, in Wayne, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Tennessee, United States in 1870 and District 1, Grainger, Tennessee, United States in 1880. She died about 1881, in Wayne, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 58.
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- Nancy Prater in household of King Prater, "United States Census, 1860"
- Novice Riley in entry for Piney Elizabeth Overton, "Tennessee Deaths, 1914-1966"
- Nancy Praler in household of King Praler, "United States Census, 1850"
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1825 · The Crimes Act
The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
1835 · The Hermitage is Built
The Hermitage located in Nashville, Tennessee was a plantation owned by President Andrew Jackson from 1804 until his death there in 1845. The Hermitage is now a museum.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
English (Lancashire and Yorkshire): habitational name chiefly from High Ryley in Accrington (Lancashire) and Riley in Kirkburton, which was in the manor of Wakefield (Yorkshire). In some cases the name may derive from Riley Farm in Eyam (Derbyshire), Royley in Royton (Lancashire), or Rylah in Scarcliffe (Derbyshire). The placenames all come from Old English rȳge ‘rye’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’.
Irish: from Ó Raghailligh ‘descendant of Raghailleach’, Old Irish Roghallach. This is the name of a chieftain family in Cavan, related to the O'Rourkes. In Anglicized form it has also been confused with Ó Raithile found in Munster, usually Anglicized as O'Rahilly or Rahilly . See O'Reilly .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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