Nancy Lucinda Hillhouse

Brief Life History of Nancy Lucinda

When Nancy Lucinda Hillhouse was born on 8 August 1823, in Livingston, Kentucky, United States, her father, Robert Dickey Hillhouse, was 41 and her mother, Rebecca Nancy Henry, was 35. She married Riley Kell on 25 January 1842. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Jefferson, Illinois, United States in 1850. She died on 3 June 1857, at the age of 33, and was buried in Jefferson, Illinois, United States.

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Family Time Line

Riley Kell
1821–1884
Nancy Lucinda Hillhouse
1823–1857
Marriage: 25 January 1842
Margaret Ann Kell
1842–1908
Rebecca Jane Kell
1844–1901
Martha Ann Dickinson
1846–1908
Thomas Sturrett Kell
1847–1872
Robert Stuart Kell
1849–1854
John Henry Kell
1850–1852
Child VII Kell
1852–1852
Hugh Alexander Kell
1853–1924
James Cannon Kell
1855–1942
Child IX Kell
1857–1857

Sources (8)

  • Nancy L Kell in household of Riley Kell, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Nancy Hillhouse, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"
  • Nancy Lucinda Hillhouse Kell, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (7)

1825 · The Crimes Act

The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.

1830 · Louisville and Portland Canal Opens

The Louisville and Portland canal opened in 1830. It was a 2 mile canal. It helped with the barrier caused by the Falls of the Ohio River at Louisville by making a route around them.

1836 · Remember the Alamo

Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.

Name Meaning

English: topographic name from Middle English or early modern English hill + house ‘house on the hill’. In Yorkshire the surname may arise from the name of a farm in Fartown, Pudsey (Yorkshire).

Scottish (Ayrshire and Lanarkshire) and English: habitational name from any of several minor places in Ayrshire and elsewhere in Scotland, probably named with Middle English, Older Scots hill + house ‘house on the hill’.

History: Rev. James Hillhouse, the first minister of Montville, CT, came to North America from County Londonderry, Ireland, c. 1720. His grandson James Hillhouse was a Federalist congressman from CT and treasurer of Yale College from 1782 to 1832.

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

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