Brief Life History of Nannie Polk
When Nannie Polk Steele was born on 20 April 1845, in Oldham, Oldham, Kentucky, United States, her father, Richard Mayo Steele, was 29 and her mother, Mildred R Carpenter, was 22. She married William Jonas Hale on 18 January 1870, in Daviess, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 daughters. She lived in Oldham, Kentucky, United States in 1860 and Magisterial District 3 Sorgho, Daviess, Kentucky, United States in 1880. She died on 11 March 1909, in Oldham, Oldham, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 63, and was buried in Owensboro, Daviess, Kentucky, United States.
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- Nancy Steele in household of R C M Steele, "United States Census, 1850"
- Nannie P Steele, "Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1967"
- Nannie P. Steele in entry for Minnie S. Hale, "Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1965"
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World Events (8)
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1850 · 8th Most Populated State
According to the 1850 census Kentucky was the 8th most populated state with 982,405 people.
1862 · Battle of Perryville
On October 8, 1862, the Battle of Perryville took place between the Army of Ohio and the Army of Mississippi. It was the bloodiest battle on Kentucky soil. The Union lost around four thousand people and the Confederates lost around three thousand people. This was about one fifth of those that fought.
Name Meaning
English and Scottish: nickname from Middle English stel(e) ‘steel’, perhaps used for someone considered as hard and durable as steel, or for a foundry worker.
English: variant of Stile .
Scottish: habitational name from one or more of the places called Steel(e) or Steill in Ayrshire, Berwickshire, and Dumfriesshire, from Scots steel ‘steep bank, spur of a ridge’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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