When John Franklin Mifflin was born on 2 October 1863, in Saline, Illinois, United States, his father, Alfred Wade Mifflin, was 14 and his mother, Chestina Adaline Horn, was 17. He married Mary Elizabeth Barter on 19 March 1891, in Harrisburg, Saline, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Harrisburg Township, Saline, Illinois, United States in 1920 and Saline, Saline, Illinois, United States in 1931. He died on 13 January 1931, in Illinois, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Saline, Saline, Illinois, United States.
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English (Staffordshire and Herefordshire):
from the Old French personal name Meifelin, itself from an ancient Germanic name composed of magin- ‘power’ + an uncertain second element.
nickname from Old French mate + felun ‘kill the felon’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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