Brief Life History of Ann Eudora
When Ann Eudora Woolley was born in May 1857, in Alabama, United States, her father, Richard Henry Woolley, was 35 and her mother, Sarah Catherine Hunt, was 35. She had at least 3 sons and 5 daughters with John Wesley Towns. She lived in Lapile Township, Union, Arkansas, United States in 1900 and Lapile, Union, Arkansas, United States for about 10 years. She died in 1929, in Huttig, Union, Arkansas, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Harper Springs Cemetery, Huttig, Union, Arkansas, United States.
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Sources (8)
- Annie D Towns in household of John W Towns, "United States Census, 1910"
- Ann Eudora Wooley Towns, "Find A Grave Index"
- Dora Wooly in entry for Lizzie Estella Lawrence, "Louisiana Deaths, 1850-1875, 1894-1960"
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1861
Arkansas supplied an estimated 50,000 men to the Confederate Army andabout 15,000 to the Union Army.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1876 · The First Worlds Fair in the U.S.
The First official World's Fair, was held to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia. 37 Countries provided venues for all to see.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of various places called with Old English wulf ‘wolf’ + lēah ‘wood, clearing’, such as Woolley (Huntingdonshire, Yorkshire), Woolley in Bovey Tracy (Devon), and Woolley in Bradford on Avon (Wiltshire).
Irish (Cavan): in Ireland, according to Woulfe, when this is not the English name, it has been adopted for Woulfe .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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