Brief Life History of Nathaniel Yancey
When Nathaniel Yancey Alston was born on 12 May 1830, in Alabama, United States, his father, William Jeffreys Alston, was 29 and his mother, Martha Cade, was 20. He married Sarah Amanda Shields on 20 April 1850, in Marengo, Alabama, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Hampden, Marengo, Alabama, United States in 1880. He died on 4 March 1888, in Marengo, Alabama, United States, at the age of 57, and was buried in Magnolia Cemetery, Magnolia, Marengo, Alabama, United States.
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- N Y Alston, "United States Census, 1860"
- Legacy NFS Source: Nathaniel Alston - birth: 12 May 1830;
- Nathaniel G. Alston, "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950"
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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.
1843
Historical Boundaries: 1843: Marengo, Alabama, United States
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
English and Scottish:
from the Middle English personal name Alstan, which is a coalescence of several different Old English personal names: Æthelstān ‘noble stone’, Ælfstān ‘elf stone’, Ealdstān ‘old stone’, or Ealhstān ‘temple stone’.
habitational name from any of various places called Alston (in Cumbria, Lancashire, Devon, and Somerset) or Alstone (in Gloucestershire and Staffordshire). With the exception of Alston in Cumbria, which is formed with the Old Norse personal name Halfdan, these placenames all consist of an Old English personal name + Old English tūn ‘settlement’, for example Ælfsige in the case of Alstone in Gloucestershire.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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