Nancy C Coddington

Brief Life History of Nancy C

When Nancy C Coddington was born on 27 March 1857, in Illinois, United States, her father, Samuel Coddington, was 36 and her mother, Mary Bugh, was 29. She married Franklin Pierce Dowell on 17 October 1886, in Blackford, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She lived in Moultrie, Illinois, United States in 1860. She died on 20 December 1919, in Hartford City, Licking Township, Blackford, Indiana, United States, at the age of 62, and was buried in Hartford City Cemetery, Hartford City, Licking Township, Blackford, Indiana, United States.

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Family Time Line

Franklin Pierce Dowell
1852–1919
Nancy C Coddington
1857–1919
Marriage: 17 October 1886
Ruth Dowell
1887–1887
Ralph Harrison Dowell Sr
1889–1972
Mary Alene Dowell
1892–1973

Sources (8)

  • Nancy Coddington in household of George Amsden, "United States Census, 1880"
  • *Hancy Coddington, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007"
  • Nancy Coddington in entry for Ralph H Dowell and Amber L Fees, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007"

World Events (8)

1858 · A House Divided

Abraham Lincoln's goal was to be different than the previous Senators of Illinois and voice his opinion in how he saw the State and the United States start to drift apart in the different ideology on what was right and what was wrong. Even though it would become an unsuccessful campaign strategy to win the senate seat, to this day it is one of the most famous speeches of US politics.

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii

In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.

Name Meaning

English (Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire): habitational name from any of various places, for example in Cheshire, Derbyshire, Herefordshire, and Nottinghamshire, named Coddington, from the Old English personal name Cot(t)a + -ing- denoting association + tūn ‘settlement’.

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

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