Nancy Landers Page

Brief Life History of Nancy Landers

When Nancy Landers Page was born on 2 August 1854, in Alabama, United States, her father, Benjamin Nathan Page, was 36 and her mother, Martha Ann Hopkins, was 35. She married James Henry Harwell on 17 December 1874, in Giles, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in District 10, Grainger, Tennessee, United States in 1870 and Justice Precinct 4, San Saba, Texas, United States in 1880. She died on 13 October 1896, in Texas, United States, at the age of 42.

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James Henry Harwell
1845–1910
Nancy Landers Page
1854–1896
Marriage: 17 December 1874
William Walter Harwell
1875–1941
Wilburn Arthur Harwell Sr.
1879–1967
Ella Mae Harwell
1880–1962
James Edgar Harwell
1885–1950

Sources (9)

  • Nancy L Page in household of Martha A Page, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Nancy L Page, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"
  • Nancy Page in entry for James Edgar Harwell, "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976"

World Events (8)

1861 · Texas Secedes from the United States

On February 1, 1861, Texas seceded from the United States. On March 2, 1861, they had joined with the Confederate States of America.

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.

1866 · The First Civil Rights Act

The first federal law that defined what was citizenship and affirm that all citizens are equally protected by the law. Its main objective was to protect the civil rights of persons of African descent.

Name Meaning

English and French: occupational or status name for a young servant, Middle English page, paige, Old French page (from Italian paggio, ultimately from Greek paidion, a diminutive of pais ‘boy, child’). The surname has also been established in Ireland since the 16th century. In North America, this surname is also a shortened form of the French cognate Lepage .

French Canadian (Pagé): altered form of French Paget , a diminutive of 1. Compare Pashia .

North German: metonymic occupational name for a horse dealer, from Middle Low German page ‘horse’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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