When Emily Allen Ripley was born on 19 April 1839, in Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, United States, her father, Dr Samuel Willard Ripley, was 31 and her mother, Eunice Amelia Allen, was 27. She married Henry Clem on 26 October 1861, in Fremont, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Fort Morgan, Morgan, Colorado, United States in 1900 and Morgan, Colorado, United States in 1910. She died on 3 December 1915, in New London, Connecticut, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Chamber Cemetery, Fremont, Iowa, United States.
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Dayton was incorporated as a city.
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Although divided as a state on the subject of slavery, Ohio participated in the Civil War on the Union's side, providing over 300,000 troops. Ohio provided the 3rd largest number of troops by any Union state.
English: habitational name from Ripley (Derbyshire, Hampshire, Surrey, Yorkshire). The Hampshire and Surrey placenames derive from Old English ripel, rippel ‘strip of land’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’. The Yorkshire placename probably derives from the Anglian tribe name Hrype + Old English lēah. The Derbyshire placename may derive from Old English ripel, rippel or the Anglian tribe name Hrype + Old English lēah.
History: William Ripley (died 1656) came from Wymondham, Norfolk, England, to Hingham, MA, in 1638.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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