Brief Life History of Sytha Solena
When Sytha Solena Crosby was born on 27 November 1817, in Knox, Indiana, United States, her father, John Jeter Crosby, was 33 and her mother, Elizabeth Glenn Coleman, was 32. She married William Harvey Lay on 18 December 1841, in Aberdeen, Monroe, Mississippi, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 7 daughters. She died on 25 October 1881, in Santa Clara, Washington, Utah, United States, at the age of 63, and was buried in Santa Clara, Washington, Utah, United States.
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- Siatha Lay in household of William H. Lay, "United States Census, 1880"
- Sytha Solena Crosby Lay, "Find A Grave Index"
- Scytha Crosby in entry for William W. Lay, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1965"
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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.
1825 · State Capital Moves to Indianapolis
The state capital was moved from Corydon to Indianapolis on January 10, 1825.
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
English: habitational name from any of various places called with Old Norse kross ‘cross’ + bȳ ‘farm, settlement’ in Lancashire, Cumberland, Westmorland, North Yorkshire, and Lincolnshire.
Irish: surname adopted by bearers of the Gaelic name Mac an Chrosáin (see McCrossen ).
History: The surname of the Irish family of Crosbie is ultimately derived from providing the chief bards to the O’Mores, Chiefs of Leix: crosán means ‘bard’ or ‘satirist’. Pádraic Mac Crosáin or Mac An Chrosáin took the Anglicized name Patrick Crosbie c. 1583.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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The Crosby's, Westward from Mississippi
The Crosby’s, Westward from Mississippi Elizabeth Coleman Crosby, born 12 March 1785, was the daughter of Joseph Coleman, who was a Revolutionary War soldier. She was the wife of John Jeter Crosby a …
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