When Cyrus S. Nay was born in October 1836, in Harrison, West Virginia, United States, his father, Oliver Nay, was 32 and his mother, Tryphena Jane Tetrick, was 28. He married Serena Francis Kerns on 15 November 1859, in Marion, West Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in West Virginia, United States in 1870 and Mannington District, Marion, West Virginia, United States in 1900. He died on 29 August 1911, in Mannington, Marion, West Virginia, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Schupp Cemetery, Marion, Virginia, United States.
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In 1844 when Robert Lumpkin bought land in Virginia, this would be the spot of the Infamous Slave Jail (or Lumpkin’s Jail). The slaves would be brought here during the slave trade until they were sold. Lumpkin had purchased the land for his own slave business.
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
The Battle of Manassas is also referred to as the First Battle of Bull Run. 35,000 Union troops were headed towards Washington D.C. after 20,000 Confederate forces. The McDowell's Union troops fought with General Beauregard's Confederate troops along a little river called Bull Run.
Scottish: shortened form of McNay .
English: variant of Nye .
North German: variant of Nee .
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