Brief Life History of Lucy Gertrude
When Lucy Gertrude Dent was born on 27 November 1861, in Irwinton, Barbour, Alabama, United States, her father, Major Jonah Horry "John" Dent, was 46 and her mother, Fannie Almyra Whipple, was 32. She married Justus Collins on 4 April 1883, in Rome, Floyd, Georgia, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 5 daughters. She lived in Georgia, United States in 1870. She died on 15 February 1933, in Charleston, Kanawha, West Virginia, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Spring Hill Cemetery, Charleston, Kanawha, West Virginia, United States.
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- Lucy Collins in household of Justice A Collins, "United States Census, 1920"
- Lucey Gurtrude Dent, "Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950"
- Lucy G. Collins, "West Virginia Deaths, 1804-1999"
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1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1863
"West Virginia was given statehood status with the ""agreement"" the citizens would phase out slavery. On January 1, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln approved the Statehood Bill for West Virginia. West Virginia was proclaimed a state on April 20, 1863, with the bill becoming effective 60 days later, June 20, 1863. When West Virginia first entered statehood in 1863, there were only 46 counties. That same year, four other counties voted themselves into West Virginia. Today, there are 55 counties in the Mountain State. The oldest county in the state is Hamsphire County formed in 1754 as part of Virginia. The youngest county is Mingo formed in 1895. The smallest county is Hancock located in the northern panhandle of the state with Randolph being the largest. When the Legislature convened for its first session, there were only 47 members of the House of Delegates and 18 members of the State Senate. Through the years, the number has increased to 100 members of the House of Delegates and 34 members of the State Senate."
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
Name Meaning
habitational name from Dent in Yorkshire, possibly from a British hill name cognate with Old Irish dinn, dind ‘hill’.
variant of Dunt, from Middle English dunt, dent ‘blow (of a weapon or implement); combat’ (Old English dynt).
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Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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