Nancy Ellen Carlin

Female2 July 1837–29 June 1927

Brief Life History of Nancy Ellen

When Nancy Ellen Carlin was born on 2 July 1837, in Meadville, Crawford, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, James Carlin, was 36 and her mother, Rosannah Carlin, was 33. She married Benjamin Franklin Martin on 1 November 1854, in Pennsylvania, United States. She lived in Court House District, Taylor, West Virginia, United States in 1870 and Pruntytown, Taylor, West Virginia, United States in 1880. She died on 29 June 1927, at the age of 89, and was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Fairmont, Marion, West Virginia, United States.

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Benjamin Franklin Martin
1828–1895
Nancy Ellen Carlin
1837–1927
Marriage: 1 November 1854

Sources (8)

  • N E C Martin in household of B F Martin, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Legacy NFS Source: N. E. Carlin - Church record: birth: after 1828; Monongalia, Virginia, United States
  • N. E. C. Martin, "Find A Grave Index"

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  • Marriage
    1 November 1854Pennsylvania, United States
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    Siblings (5)

    World Events (8)

    1844 · Lumpkin's Jail

    Age 7

    In 1844 when Robert Lumpkin bought land in Virginia, this would be the spot of the Infamous Slave Jail (or Lumpkin’s Jail). The slaves would be brought here during the slave trade until they were sold. Lumpkin had purchased the land for his own slave business.

    1846

    Age 9

    U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

    1861 · The Battle of Manassas

    Age 24

    The Battle of Manassas is also referred to as the First Battle of Bull Run. 35,000 Union troops were headed towards Washington D.C. after 20,000 Confederate forces. The McDowell's Union troops fought with General Beauregard's Confederate troops along a little river called Bull Run. 

    Name Meaning

    Irish (North Ulster; now also common in Scotland): from Ó Cearbhalláin ‘descendant of Cearbhallán’, a diminutive of the personal name Cearbhall (see Carroll ).

    English: variant of Carling .

    Italian (Veneto): from a pet form of the personal name Carlo, Italian form of Charles .

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

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