Brief Life History of Melinda Sales
When Melinda Sales Denny was born on 9 June 1831, in Washington, Indiana, United States, her father, Elisha Thomas Denny, was 46 and her mother, Mary Hedger, was 44. She married William S. Thornburgh on 13 September 1850, in Washington, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in Dunleith Township, Jo Daviess, Illinois, United States in 1870 and Rock Falls, Whiteside, Illinois, United States in 1880.
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Sources (12)
- Milinda Denny in household of Elisha Denny, "United States Census, 1850"
- Melissa B Denney, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019"
- Melinda S Denny in entry for Alvin Louis Chaffee, "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007"
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1832 · The Black Hawk War
Convinced that a group of Native American tribes were hostile, The United States formed a frontier militia to stop them in their tracks. Even though Black Hawk was hoping to avoid bloodshed while trying to resettle on tribal land, U.S. officials opened fire on the Native Americans. Black Hawk then responded to this confrontation by successfully attacking the militia at the Battle of Stillman's Run and then left northward. After a few months the militia caught up with Black Hawk and his men and defeated them at the Battle of Wisconsin Heights. While being weakened by hunger, injuries and desertion, Black Hawk and the rest of the many native survivors retreated towards the Mississippi. Unfortunately, Black Hawk and other leaders were later captured when they surrendered to the US forces and were then imprisoned for a year.
1854
Historical Boundaries: 1854: Whiteside, Illinois, United States
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
English and Scottish: from Middle English Den(n)y, a pet form of the personal name Denis (see Dennis ). Compare Tenney .
English: habitational name from Danny in Hurstpierpoint, Sussex, recorded as Danye in 1343. Alternatively, the name may arise from Denny in Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire, but no medieval evidence with a habitative preposition has been found in the case of the latter.
Scottish: habitational name from Denny in Stirlingshire.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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