Brief Life History of Martha Williams
When Martha Williams McClaskey was born on 2 December 1843, in Darlington, Franklin Township, Montgomery, Indiana, United States, her father, James McClaskey, was 33 and her mother, Nancy Ann Goodson Poage, was 37. She married John J. Elmore on 24 March 1880, in Linn, Iowa, United States. She lived in Indiana, United States in 1870 and Union Township, Montgomery, Indiana, United States for about 40 years. She died on 25 August 1932, in Montgomery, Indiana, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, Crawfordsville, Union Township, Montgomery, Indiana, United States.
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- Marthy W Mc Claskey in household of James Mc Claskey, "United States Census, 1860"
- Martha M Elmon, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019"
- Martha M. Elmore, "Find a Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1851 · Constitution of 1851
Due to the state’s financial crisis during the previous decade and growing criticism toward state government. Voters approve the Constitution of 1851 which forbade the state government from going into debt.
1867 · Sorry Mr. President, You can't do that.
This Act was to restrict the power of the President removing certain office holders without approval of the Senate. It denies the President the power to remove any executive officer who had been appointed by the president with the advice and consent of the Senate, unless the Senate approved the removal during the next full session of Congress. The Amendment was later repealed.
Name Meaning
Irish: variant of McCloskey .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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