Brief Life History of Nancy Emeline
When Nancy Emeline Hopkins was born on 7 October 1858, in Morgan Springs, Perry, Alabama, United States, her father, John Alexander Hopkins, was 24 and her mother, Rosanna Emeline Cannon, was 18. She married James Jasper Barnes on 13 November 1877, in Tyler, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Orrville, Dallas, Alabama, United States in 1910 and Justice Precinct 3, Tyler, Texas, United States for about 10 years. She died on 7 June 1931, in Chester, Tyler, Texas, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Mount Hope Cemetery, Tyler, Texas, United States.
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- Nannie Barnes in household of B F Wilson, "United States Census, 1900"
- V. E. Hopkins, "Texas Marriages, 1837-1973"
- Nannie E Barnes, "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976"
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1861 · Texas Secedes from the United States
On February 1, 1861, Texas seceded from the United States. On March 2, 1861, they had joined with the Confederate States of America.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
Name Meaning
English and Welsh (Glamorgan): variant of Hopkin with genitival or excrescent -s. In Ireland, where the name is also frequent, it is sometimes Gaelicized as Mac Oibicín.
History: Stephen Hopkins (c. 1580–1644) was a pilgrim on the Mayflower in 1620 and one of the founders of Plymouth Colony. At his death he left seven children and eighteen grandchildren.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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