Nancy Haws

Brief Life History of Nancy

When Nancy Haws was born on 23 August 1823, in White, Illinois, United States, her father, William Neill Haws, was 34 and her mother, Isabella Womack, was 23. She married William Madison Wall on 4 June 1840, in Springfield Township, Sangamon, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States in 1839. She died on 18 May 1904, in Provo, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Provo City Cemetery, Provo, Utah, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

William Madison Wall
1821–1869
Nancy Haws
1823–1904
Marriage: 4 June 1840
Mary Jane Wall
1841–1891
Eliza Helen Wall
1843–1882
Nancy Isabelle Wall
1845–1933
William Madison Wall Jr
1847–1926
Isaac Oliver Wall
1849–1932
Josephine Augusta Wall
1851–1917
Amasa Lyman Wall
1853–1854
Juliet Wall
1856–1915
Bathsheba Lavinia Wall
1858–1878
George Albert Wall
1860–1938

Sources (63)

  • Nancy Wall in household of Wm Wall, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Nancy Haws - birth-name: Nancy Haws Wall
  • Nancy Haws, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"

World Events (8)

1825 · The Crimes Act

The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.

1827

Historical Boundaries: 1827: Hancock, Illinois, United States

1845 · Oh My Father

"In October 1845, the newspaper Times and Seasons published a poem written by Eliza R. Snow entitled ""My Father in Heaven."" It has become the well known hymn, ""Oh My Father."" The song is only one in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints hymnbook that referrs to a Heavenly Mother."

Name Meaning

Possibly an altered form of Haas .

English (East Anglia): variant of Hawes .

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

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Story Highlight

WALL, ISAAC from "History of the early settlers of Sangamon County, Illinois"

WALL, ISAAC, was born about 1790, near the line between Virginia and North Carolina. He was married in North Carolina to Nancy Duncan, and moved to Rockingham county, Tennessee, and from there to Sang …

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