Brief Life History of Lucy Jane
When Lucy Jane Cowles was born on 31 October 1783, in Canaan, Columbia, New York, United States, her father, Asa Cowles, was 36 and her mother, Molly Russell, was 27. She married Jesse Hand on 27 October 1803, in Canaan, Columbia, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 10 sons and 5 daughters. She died on 23 January 1866, in Lyons, Walworth, Wisconsin, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Lyons Quaker Cemetery, Lyons, Walworth, Wisconsin, United States.
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Sources (5)
- Lucy Jane Cowles Hand, "Find A Grave Index"
- Formerly Miss Cervles in entry for Lorenzo Hand, "Wisconsin, Death Records, 1867-1907"
- Legacy NFS Source: Lucy Jane Cowles - death: 23 January 1846; New Lebanon, Columbia, New York, United States
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1786 · Shays' Rebellion
Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.
1788
Name changed in 1788
1808
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Coles .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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