Brief Life History of Nancy Jane
When Nancy Jane Farley was born on 9 August 1823, in White, Illinois, United States, her father, Edward Farley Jr., was 25 and her mother, Mary Ann Moore, was 19. She married Jacob Adamson about 1837. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Weber, Utah, United States in 1850 and Vallejo Township, Sonoma, California, United States in 1880. She died on 31 July 1914, in Napa, California, United States, at the age of 90, and was buried in Valley Cemetery, Pope Valley, Napa, California, United States.
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- Nancy J Adamson in household of Jacob Adamson, "United States Census, 1850"
- Nancy Jane Adamson, "Find A Grave Index"
- Nancy Farley in entry for Isaac Newton Adamson, "California Deaths and Burials, 1776-2000"
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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.
1832 · Black Hawk War
"The Black Hawk War was a brief conflict between the United States and Native Americans led by Black Hawk, a Sauk leader. The war erupted soon after Black Hawk and a group of other tribes, known as the ""British Band"", crossed the Mississippi River, into Illinois, from Iowa Indian Territory in April 1832. Black Hawk's motives were ambiguous, but records show that he was hoping to avoid bloodshed while resettling on tribal land that had been given to the United States in the 1804 Treaty of St. Louis."
1850
Historical Boundaries: 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Weber, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Weber, Utah, United States
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of various places called Farley, of which there are examples in Berkshire, Derbyshire, Hampshire, Kent, Somerset, Gloucestershire, Staffordshire, Surrey, Wiltshire, Shropshire, and Sussex. From Old English fearn ‘fern’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’. See also Farleigh , Fairley , Fairlie .
Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Fearghaile (see Farrelly ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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