Brief Life History of Nancy
When Nancy Sutphin was born on 6 November 1812, in Bedford, Virginia, United States, her father, Hendrick L. Sutphin, was 44 and her mother, Rachel Owen, was 39. She married William Erwin Montgomery on 5 May 1831, in Grayson, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Laurel Fork, Carroll, Virginia, United States for about 10 years. She died on 3 June 1891, in Carroll, Virginia, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Nester Cemetery, Carroll, Virginia, United States.
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- Nancy Montgomery, "United States Census, 1880"
- Nancy Montgomery, "Virginia, Library of Virginia State Archive, Births, Marriages, and Deaths 1853-1900"
- Nancy Sutphin, "Virginia, Marriages, 1785-1940"
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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.
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.
Name Meaning
Americanized form of Dutch Van Zutphen: habitational name for someone from Zutphen in the province of Gelderland. Compare Sutfin and Sutphen .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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