Brief Life History of George Worley
When George Worley Emberton was born on 28 November 1841, in Monroe, Kentucky, United States, his father, Thomas Emberton, was 37 and his mother, Charity Worley, was 32. He married Eliza Ellen Boyd on 1 November 1860, in Sullivan, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Sullivan, Missouri, United States in 1860 and Polk Township, Sullivan, Missouri, United States for about 20 years. He died on 23 May 1919, in Milan, Sullivan, Missouri, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Sullivan, Missouri, United States.
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- George Embeton in household of Thos Embeton, "United States Census, 1850"
- George W Emberton, "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991"
- George W Emberton, "Iowa, Death Records, 1904-1951"
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1843
Historical Boundaries 1843: Highland County create from Non-County Area 23 1845: Highland County renamed Sullivan County
1850 · 8th Most Populated State
According to the 1850 census Kentucky was the 8th most populated state with 982,405 people.
1862 · Battle of Perryville
On October 8, 1862, the Battle of Perryville took place between the Army of Ohio and the Army of Mississippi. It was the bloodiest battle on Kentucky soil. The Union lost around four thousand people and the Confederates lost around three thousand people. This was about one fifth of those that fought.
Name Meaning
English (Staffordshire): habitational name from Emberton in Buckinghamshire, from the Old English personal name Ēanbeorht + tūn ‘enclosure, settlement’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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