Brief Life History of Nancy
When Nancy East was born on 20 April 1848, in Brenham, Washington, Republic of Texas, her father, Edward Wallace East, was 33 and her mother, Willmirth Matilda Greer, was 23. She lived in Washington, Washington, Texas, United States in 1850. She died on 4 July 1855, in Marysville Township, Marshall, Kansas, United States, at the age of 7, and was buried in Thayer, Nebraska, United States.
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Sources (4)
- Nancy East in household of E M East, "United States Census, 1850"
- Nancy East, "Find a Grave Index"
- Nancy East - Pioneer Overland Travel
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World Events (4)
1850 · Compromise of 1850
The United States Congress passed a package of five separate bills in an attempt to decrease tensions between the slave states and free states. The compromise itself was received gratefully, but both sides disapproved of certain components contained in the laws. Texas was impacted in several ways; mainly, the state surrendered its claim to New Mexico (and other claims north of 36°30′) but retained the Texas Panhandle. The federal government also took over the public debt for Texas.
1854
Bleeding Kansas was a time period between the years 1854 and 1861 with a series of violent confrontations over whether slavery would be legal in Kansas Territory.
1854
On May 30, 1854, the Kansas-Nebraska Act was passed. It allowed people in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide whether or not they wanted to allow slavery within their borders. This Act repealed the Missouri Compromise of 1820.
Name Meaning
English: topographic name for someone who came from the east or who lived on the eastern side of a settlement. Compare Estes .
Americanized form (translation into English) of North German Ost and Swedish Öst.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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1814-1884 E W East Journal "Reminiscences"
This text of Edward Wallace East’s “Reminiscences by E. W. East” was prepared by Danelle Curtis using scans of the original hand written journal. The original journal is now at the BYU-Provo Ha …
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