Brief Life History of Sybil Rosella
When Sybil Rosella Higley was born on 21 September 1804, in Becket, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States, her father, Joseph Higley III, was 30 and her mother, Sybil Coggswell, was 28. She married David Porter Robinson on 25 September 1832, in Freedom, Portage, Ohio, United States. She died on 27 April 1879, in Windham, Portage, Ohio, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Windham Cemetery, Windham, Portage, Ohio, United States.
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- Sybil Higley, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"
- Sybil Rosella Higley Robinson, "Find A Grave Index"
- Sybil R. Higley, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"
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1808
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
1810 · Change of capital city
Zanesville becomes the new state capital.
1825 · The Crimes Act
The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Highley (Shropshire), recorded as Hugelei in 1086, from an Old English personal name Hugga + Old English lēah ‘woodland clearing’. The modern form Highley is probably due to folk etymology (see Highley ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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