Elizabeth Nutt

14 June 1812–
Lewis, Kanawha, Virginia, United States

The Life Summary of Elizabeth

When Elizabeth Nutt was born on 14 June 1812, in Lewis, Kanawha, Virginia, United States, her father, Rodham Nutt, was 41 and her mother, Ruth Catherine Woofter, was 30. She married George Wade Riley on 14 April 1850, in Doddridge, West Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in West Virginia, United States in 1870 and Harper District, Roane, West Virginia, United States in 1880. She was buried in Harmony, Roane, West Virginia, United States.

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Family Time Line

George Wade Riley
1814–1892
Elizabeth Nutt
1812–
Marriage: 14 April 1850
Francis Erwin Riley
1851–1887
William Perry Riley
1852–1933
Amanda Campbell Riley
1853–1907
Albert Marsden Riley
1855–1895
Louisa Riley
1865–1929

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World Events (8)

1819 · Panic! of 1819
Age 7
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"""""""
Age 12
“The Virginia Housewife” was published by Mary Randolph. It was the first cookbook published in America. 
1844 · Lumpkin's Jail
Age 32
In 1844 when Robert Lumpkin bought land in Virginia, this would be the spot of the Infamous Slave Jail (or Lumpkin’s Jail). The slaves would be brought here during the slave trade until they were sold. Lumpkin had purchased the land for his own slave business.

Name Meaning

1 English: from Middle English not(e), nut ‘nut’; either a metonymic occupational name for a gatherer and seller of nuts, or a nickname for a man supposedly resembling a nut (for example in having a rounded head and brown complexion).2 Irish: reduced form of McNutt 1.3 North German: nickname for an industrious person, from Middle High German nutte ‘useful’, ‘efficient’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

Possible Related Names

McNutt
Nute
Nuth
Nutting

Sources (10)

  • Elizabeth Riley in household of George W Riley, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Elisabeth Riley in household of Georgeg W Riley, "United States Census, 1880"
  • Elizabeth Riley in household of G W Riley, "United States Census, 1870"

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