Brief Life History of Edith Ellen
When Edith Ellen Whitley was born in 1832, in Morgan, Kentucky, United States, her father, Alexander Hamilton Wheatley Jr, was 48 and her mother, Elizabeth Easterling, was 42. She married William Wallace Brown on 31 July 1854, in Johnson, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Cowley, Kansas, United States in 1875 and Tisdale, Cowley, Kansas, United States in 1880. She died on 26 July 1898, in Ardmore, Carter, Oklahoma, United States, at the age of 66, and was buried in Ardmore, Carter, Oklahoma, United States.
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- E E Brown in household of W W Brown, "Kansas State Census, 1875"
- Eada Whitly, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
- Edith Brown in entry for Jefferson D Brown and Buna Rowe, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
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1832 · The Black Hawk War
Convinced that a group of Native American tribes were hostile, The United States formed a frontier militia to stop them in their tracks. Even though Black Hawk was hoping to avoid bloodshed while trying to resettle on tribal land, U.S. officials opened fire on the Native Americans. Black Hawk then responded to this confrontation by successfully attacking the militia at the Battle of Stillman's Run and then left northward. After a few months the militia caught up with Black Hawk and his men and defeated them at the Battle of Wisconsin Heights. While being weakened by hunger, injuries and desertion, Black Hawk and the rest of the many native survivors retreated towards the Mississippi. Unfortunately, Black Hawk and other leaders were later captured when they surrendered to the US forces and were then imprisoned for a year.
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.
1850 · 8th Most Populated State
According to the 1850 census Kentucky was the 8th most populated state with 982,405 people.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from one or more of the many places called Whitley (in Yorkshire, Cheshire, Northumberland, Wiltshire, Warwickshire), Whiteley, or Whitleigh (in Berkshire). The placename is common, generally with the meaning ‘white clearing’ (Old English hwīt ‘white’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’), or occasionally ‘wheat clearing’ (Old English hwǣte + lēah). According to Redmonds, the Yorkshire surname originated in a locality in the Elland area, perhaps White Lee in Scammonden or White Lee in Mytholmroyd.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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