Brief Life History of Nancy Jane
When Nancy Jane Parker was born in 1857, in Helenwood, Scott, Tennessee, United States, her father, Doctor Raford Parker, was 35 and her mother, Elizabeth Hilton, was 32. She lived in Hancock, Tennessee, United States in 1880 and Civil District 3, Claiborne, Tennessee, United States in 1930.
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- Jane Parker in household of Dock Parker, "United States Census, 1870"
- Nancy J Parker in household of Doctor Parker, "United States Census, 1860"
- Jane N Parker in household of Doctor Parker, "United States Census, 1880"
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1862 · Battle of Shiloh
The battle of Shiloh took place on April 6, 1862 and April 7, 1862. Confederate soldiers camp through the woods next to where the Union soldiers were camped at Pittsburg Landing on the Tennessee River. With 23,000 casualties this was the bloodiest battle of the Civil War up to this point.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.
Name Meaning
English: occupational name from Middle English parker ‘park-keeper’ (Old French parquier, parchier), an officer employed to look after deer and other game in a hunting park (see Park 1). This surname is also very common among African Americans. It has also been recorded since medieval times in Ireland.
Americanized form of one or more similar (like-sounding) Jewish names.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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