Brief Life History of Myron
When Myron Briscoe was born on 11 February 1874, in Quincy, Adams, Illinois, United States, his father, John Briscoe, was 39 and his mother, Eliza Jane Mattox, was 29. He married Mary Stutsman on 14 January 1906, in Chautauqua, Kansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Peru, Chautauqua, Kansas, United States in 1940 and Pratt, Pratt, Kansas, United States in 1950. He died on 15 March 1954, in Cherryvale, Montgomery, Kansas, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Peru Cemetery, Peru, Chautauqua, Kansas, United States.
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- Myron Briscoe, "Kansas State Census, 1905"
- 1906- Myron Briscoe, "Kansas County Marriages, 1855-1911" to Mary Stutsman
- Myron Briscoe, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
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World Events (8)
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
1875
Historical Boundaries: 1875: Chautauqua, Kansas, United States
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
Name Meaning
English (northern): habitational name from any of various places so named, including Briscoe in Hutton Mulgrave and Briscoe in Romaldkirk (both North Yorkshire), Brisco Rigg in Stainburn (Yorkshire), or Brisco in Saint Cuthbert Without and Briscoe in Saint John Beckermet (both Cumberland). Briscoe in Saint John Beckermet is named with Old Norse Bretaskógr ‘wood of the Britons’ (see Brett ). Brisco in Cumberland and Briscoe in North Yorkshire are named with Old Norse birki ‘birch’ + skógr ‘wood’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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