Brief Life History of Gallant
When Gallant Hayes Jr was born in August 1847, in Parke, Indiana, United States, his father, Gallant Elias Hayes, was 36 and his mother, Barbara Huffman, was 29. He married Nancy Jane Batters on 24 October 1870, in Sullivan, Sullivan, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Arcadia, Madison, Missouri, United States in 1920 and Jackson Township, Reynolds, Missouri, United States in 1930. He died in 1930, in Iron Mountain, St. Francois, Missouri, United States, at the age of 83.
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- Gallant Hays, "United States Census, 1860"
- Gallant Hays, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007"
- Gallant Hayes in entry for Mary Hayes, "Illinois Births and Christenings, 1824-1940"
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1848 · Chicago Board of Trade is organized
Starting as a voluntary association to help buyers and sellers meet to negotiate and make contracts. The Chicago Board of Trade is one of the oldest futures and options exchanges in the world and it is open 22 hours per day to stay competitive.
1849
Historical Boundaries: 1849: Madison, Missouri, United States 1857: Iron, Missouri, United States
1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment
Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.
Name Meaning
Irish (Cork): shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hAodha ‘descendant of Aodh’, a personal name meaning ‘fire’. Compare McCoy . In some cases especially in County Wexford, the surname is of English origin (see below), having been taken to Ireland by the Normans.
English: variant of Hay , with post-medieval excrescent -s.
English: topographic name from the plural form of Middle English hay(e), heye, heghe ‘enclosure’ (see Hay ), sometimes used as a collective noun for a farm, especially in Devon, where it is a frequent minor placename. Compare Hain .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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