Brief Life History of Noble
When Noble Dryden was born about 1815, in Mason, Kentucky, United States, his father, Sovreign Dryden, was 40 and his mother, Nancy Redden, was 37. He married Julia Ann Milburn on 7 August 1836, in Mason, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Worcester Parish, Worcester, Maryland, United States in 1850. He died in 1879, at the age of 65.
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- Noble Dryden, "United States Census, 1850"
- Legacy NFS Source: Noble Dryden - Government record: Census record: birth: about 1815; Mason, Kentucky, United States
- Nobel Dryden, "United States, Kentucky, Agricultural Schedules, 1850-1880"
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1818 · Jackson Purchase
The western part of Kentucky purchased by Andrew Jackson from the Chickasaw Indians in 1818. It became known as the Jackson Purchase. This included land that wasn't originally part of Kentucky when it became a state.
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.
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.
Name Meaning
English (Northumberland and Durham) and Scottish: habitational name from either from Dryden in Roxburghshire or Dryden near Roslin in Midlothian, perhaps named from Old English dr̄ge ‘dry’ + denu ‘valley’. The poet John Dryden (1631–1700) was born in Northamptonshire, after his ancestors had migrated there from Cumbria in the 16th century.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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