Brief Life History of Nancy Ann
When Nancy Ann Hayes was born on 5 May 1846, in Chillicothe, Ross, Ohio, United States, her father, Nathanial Wilson Hayes, was 27 and her mother, Sally Detty, was 25. She married Chellis Osborne Smith on 17 October 1865, in Jackson, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Curtis, Frontier, Nebraska, United States in 1885 and Sherman Township, Frontier, Nebraska, United States in 1900. She died on 4 May 1918, in Stockville, Frontier, Nebraska, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Arbor Cemetery, Stockville, Frontier, Nebraska, United States.
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- Nancy Smith in household of Relley Smith, "United States Census, 1870"
- Nancy A. Hayes, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"
- Nancy Ann Hayes Smith, "Find A Grave Index"
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1860
Historical Boundaries: 1860: Republic, Kansas Territory, United States 1861: Republic, Kansas, United States
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1865
Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
Name Meaning
Irish (Cork): shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hAodha ‘descendant of Aodh’, a personal name meaning ‘fire’. Compare McCoy . In some cases especially in County Wexford, the surname is of English origin (see below), having been taken to Ireland by the Normans.
English: variant of Hay , with post-medieval excrescent -s.
English: topographic name from the plural form of Middle English hay(e), heye, heghe ‘enclosure’ (see Hay ), sometimes used as a collective noun for a farm, especially in Devon, where it is a frequent minor placename. Compare Hain .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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