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