Nancy Arabelle Staley

Female8 September 1860–8 April 1940

Brief Life History of Nancy Arabelle

When Nancy Arabelle Staley was born on 8 September 1860, in Moultrie, Illinois, United States, her father, John Smith Staley, was 35 and her mother, Sarah Elizabeth Bosley, was 37. She married John Finley Marlow on 16 January 1878, in Moultrie, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 daughters. She died on 8 April 1940, in Houston, Harris, Texas, United States, at the age of 79.

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Family Time Line

John Finley Marlow
1855–1914
Nancy Arabelle Staley
1860–1940
Marriage: 16 January 1878
Myrtle Marlow
1880–
Phebe Martha Marlow
1887–1951
Clara Erma Marlow
1889–1926

Sources (15)

  • Nancy A Walker in household of George A Walker, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Nancy Arabelle Satey, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"
  • Nancy Arabelle Walker, "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    16 January 1878Moultrie, Illinois, United States
  • Children (3)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (4)

    World Events (8)

    1861 · Simple life to Soldiers

    Age 1

    Illinois contributed 250,000 soldiers to the Union Army, ranking it fourth in terms of the total men fighting for a single state. Troops mainly fought in the Western side of the Appalachian Mountains, but a few regiments played important roles in the East side. Several thousand Illinoisians died during the war. No major battles were fought in the state, although several towns became sites for important supply depots and navy yards. Not everyone in the state supported the war and there were calls for secession in Southern Illinois several residents. However, the movement for secession soon died after the proposal was blocked.

    1863

    Age 3

    Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

    1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

    Age 21

    Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

    Name Meaning

    English: habitational name from Staveley in Derbyshire, Stayley in Lancashire (now called Stalybridge in Greater Manchester), or perhaps Staveley (Westmorland), Staveley (Lancashire), or Staveley (Yorkshire). The placenames all derive from Old English stæf ‘staff, stave, rod’ (genitive plural stafa) + lēah ‘woodland clearing’. Compare Staveley .

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

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