104 - Nancy Houston - Fernandina Beach, FL
N 30° 41.148 W 081° 27.198
17R E 456583 N 3394869
Centenarian Nancy Houston was born in 1759 or 1760 and died in 1864. Her grave is located in Bosque Bello Cemetery in Fernandina Beach, Florida, USA.
Waymark Code: WMQDED
Location: Florida, United States
Date Posted: 02/09/2016
Views: 2
Her headstone reads:
In
Memory of
Nancy Houston
who died in the
faith of the Lord
Jany. 11th, 1864
Age
104
Some Memorable Events during her Death Year (1864):
* February 17 – American Civil War: The tiny Confederate hand-propelled submarine H. L. Hunley sinks the USS Housatonic (1861) using a spar torpedo in Charleston Harbor, becoming the first submarine to sink an enemy ship, although the submarine and her crew of eight are also lost.
* March 9 – American Civil War: Abraham Lincoln appoints Ulysses S. Grant commander in chief of all Union armies.
* April 22 – The United States Congress passes the Coinage Act of 1864 which mandates that the inscription "In God We Trust" be placed on all coins minted as United States currency.
* June 15 – Arlington National Cemetery is established in the United States when 200 acres (0.81 km2) of the grounds of Robert E. Lee's home Arlington House are officially set aside as a military cemetery by U.S. Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton.
* August 13 – The first fish and chips shop perhaps opens in London.
* October 31 – Nevada is admitted as the 36th U.S. state.
* November 8 – U.S. presidential election, 1864: Abraham Lincoln is reelected in an overwhelming victory over George B. McClellan.
Location of Headstone: Cemetery
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