Brief Life History of Emily S.
When Emily S. Daugherty was born on 10 December 1833, in Virginia, United States, her father, William Daugherty, was 35 and her mother, Harriet Beddow, was 26. She married Ephraim Patterson Ralston on 5 October 1861, in Appanoose, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Udell Township, Appanoose, Iowa, United States in 1860 and Greene, Missouri, United States in 1880. She died on 23 February 1883, in Quitman, Nodaway, Missouri, United States, at the age of 49, and was buried in Quitman, Nodaway, Missouri, United States.
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- 1880 U.S. Census: (Greene, Nodaway Co, MO) PHousehold of Joseph NICHOLAS
- Emily S. Daugherty - Church record: birth-name: Emily S. Harlan
- Emma S. Daugherty, "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934"
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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.
1844 · Lumpkin's Jail
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.
1847 · The Great Seal of the State of Iowa is made
The Great Seal of the State of Iowa was created in 1847 and depicts a soldier standing in a wheat field surrounded by symbols including farming, mining, and transportation with the Mississippi River in the background. An eagle overhead bears the state motto.
Name Meaning
Manx and Irish: variant of Doherty . This surname is the usual Manx spelling of the name.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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