Brief Life History of Nancy Alice
When Nancy Alice Jackson was born on 28 August 1871, in Carroll, Virginia, United States, her father, William Ira Jackson, was 25 and her mother, Martha Marshall, was 24. She married Fitzhugh Lee Goad on 11 December 1897, in Carroll, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. She lived in Laurel Fork, Carroll, Virginia, United States for about 50 years and Laurel Fork District, Carroll, Virginia, United States in 1940. She died on 5 May 1957, in Pulaski, Pulaski, Virginia, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Laurel Fork, Carroll, Virginia, United States.
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- Nancy Goad in household of Fitz Goad, "United States Census, 1940"
- Nancy Alice Jackson, "Virginia, Library of Virginia State Archive, Births, Marriages, and Deaths 1853-1900"
- Nancy Alice Jackson, "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940"
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1872 · The First National Park
Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.
1886 · Name change
Name changed from Pulaski Station to Pulaski City in 1886.
1894 · Confederate Soldiers and Sailors Monument
On May 30, 18944 the Confederate Soldiers and Sailors’ Monument was unveiled. It is 73 feet high and over looks Libby Hill Park. the statue represents the 13 Confederate States.
Name Meaning
English, Scottish, and northern Irish: patronymic from Jack . In North America, this surname has absorbed other patronymics beginning with J- in various European languages, in particular those derived from equivalents or short forms and other derivatives of the personal name Jacob , e.g. Norwegian Jacobsen or Jakobsen and, in some cases, Slovenian Jakše (from a derivative of the personal name Jakob ). This surname is also very common among African Americans (see also 2 below).
African American: from the personal name Jackson (or Andrew Jackson), adopted in honor of Andrew Jackson, the 7th president of the US; or adoption of the surname in 1 above, in many cases probably for the same reason.
History: This extremely common British name was brought over by numerous different bearers in the 17th and 18th centuries. One forebear was the father and namesake of the seventh US president, Andrew Jackson, who migrated to SC from Carrickfergus in the north of Ireland in 1765. The Confederate General Thomas ‘Stonewall’ Jackson came from VA, where his great-grandfather John, likewise of Scotch–Irish stock, had settled after emigrating to America in 1748.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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