Jabez Medley

Brief Life History of Jabez

When Jabez Medley was born on 6 May 1816, in Virginia, United States, his father, William Grover Medley, was 52 and his mother, Phebe LaRue, was 41. He married Eleanor Virtue on 17 May 1838, in Richland, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Greenville Township, Bureau, Illinois, United States in 1850 and Bazaar Township, Chase, Kansas, United States in 1860. He died on 19 November 1909, in Union Township, Sullivan, Missouri, United States, at the age of 93, and was buried in Mystic, Sullivan, Missouri, United States.

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Family Time Line

Jabez Medley
1816–1909
Eleanor Virtue
1818–1857
Marriage: 17 May 1838
Phoebe E. Medley
1839–1875
James Medley
1857–
Hester Ann Medley
1841–1926
Lucretia Medley
1843–1927
Andrew Jackson Medley
1844–1916
Reuben Wayne Medley
1846–1931
Margaret Fatima Medley
1849–1922
John Calvin Medley
1852–1937
Eliza Medley
1854–

Sources (16)

  • Jabez Medley, "United States Census, 1840"
  • Jabez Medby, "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991"
  • Jabez Medley, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

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. 

1824 · "Mary Randolph Publishes ""The Virginia Housewife"""

“The Virginia Housewife” was published by Mary Randolph. It was the first cookbook published in America. 

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.

Name Meaning

English: variant of Methley, a habitational name from Methley (Yorkshire). The placename may derive from Old English middel ‘middle’, replaced by the Old Norse cognate methal, + Old English lēah ‘woodland clearing’ or ēg ‘island’, or from Old English mǣth ‘mowing, the cutting of grass or corn’ + lēah. Topography suggests that Old English middel + ēg is the most likely origin.

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

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