Henry Gordon Nall

Brief Life History of Henry Gordon

When Henry Gordon Nall was born on 21 April 1869, in Christian, Illinois, United States, his father, Thomas Martin Nall, was 43 and his mother, Isabelle Mahala Scribner, was 41. He married Nanie Ellen Austin on 1 May 1892, in Ramsey, Fayette, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in Hurricane Township, Fayette, Illinois, United States in 1870 and Ramsey, Fayette, Illinois, United States in 1880. He died on 6 March 1898, in Carson Township, Fayette, Illinois, United States, at the age of 28, and was buried in Fayette, Illinois, United States.

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Family Time Line

Henry Gordon Nall
1869–1898
Nanie Ellen Austin
1876–1961
Marriage: 1 May 1892
Myrtle Isabelle Nall
1893–1971
Pearl Agnes Nall
1895–1992
Lawrence Martin Nall
1896–1962

Sources (6)

  • Henry G Hall, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Henry Gordon Nall, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Henry Nall in entry for George David Schert and Pearl Nall, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1934"

World Events (8)

1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment

Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.

1871

In 1871, a cow kicked over a lantern, causing a fire that burned down half of Chicago. Today this city is the third largest in the US.

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

Shortened form of Irish McNall .

English: from the Middle English personal name Nall, a pet form of Alice, shortened to All and with the addition of a prosthetic N-.

Americanized form of German Nahl, a shortened form of Nagel .

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

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