Brief Life History of Nancy Cotterell
When Nancy Cotterell Mattison was born in 1813, in South Carolina, United States, her father, John Mattison, was 40 and her mother, Grace Latimer, was 37. She married John Allen Dodson in 1832, in Abbeville, South Carolina, United States.
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- Nancy Dodson in household of Allen Dodson, "United States Census, 1860"
- Nancy Dodson in household of Allen Dodson, "United States Census, 1850"
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World Events (8)
1819 · Panic! of 1819
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.
1822 · Slave Rebellion
On June 16, 1822, Denmark Vesey a free and self-educated African American leads a slave rebellion called "the rising." The interesting thing about this rebellion is that it does not really happen. The only thing the judges have to go on is the testimony of people that witness it.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
English (northern): patronymic from the personal name Mattie (see at Mattey ) + -son. Compare Mathieson , Matson , Matthewson and Maddison .
Americanized form (and a very rare Swedish variant) of Swedish Mattisson: patronymic from the personal name Mattis, an equivalent of Matthew . This is also an Americanized form of some Danish, Norwegian, and North German cognates, most commonly Mathiesen and Matthiesen , and possibly also of the very rare Danish Mattissen. Compare Matteson .
English: variant of Mattinson .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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