Brief Life History of Malissa Jane
When Malissa Jane Talley was born on 1 June 1852, in Overton, Tennessee, United States, her father, Samuel Sam Demps Tally, was 21 and her mother, Matilda Tildie Clay Smith, was 23. She had at least 2 sons and 1 daughter with Tom Conner. She lived in Civil District 7, Overton, Tennessee, United States for about 10 years. She died on 8 July 1924, in Overton, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Taylors Crossroads, Overton, Tennessee, United States.
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- Jane Talley in household of Matilda Talley, "United States Census, 1880"
- Malissa Jane Talley, "Find A Grave Index"
- Jane Talley in household of Matilda Talley, "United States Census, 1900"
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World Events (8)
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.
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.
Name Meaning
English: probably a variant of Tolley .
English (of Norman origin): habitational name from one or more of the places in northern France named Tailly (Somme, Ardennes). It is uncertain that this surname survived into modern times.
Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Taithligh ‘descendant of Taithleach’, a byname or personal name meaning ‘peaceable’. This surname is now very rare in Ireland.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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