Brief Life History of Samuel Robbins
When Samuel Robbins Merrill was born on 1 March 1822, in Byron, Genesee, New York, United States, his father, Morris Merrill, was 42 and his mother, Rhoda Robbins, was 33. He married Ellenor Dunning on 31 December 1846, in Ohio, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Missouri, United States in 1870 and Salt River Township, Adair, Missouri, United States in 1880. He died on 18 January 1900, in Kirksville, Adair, Missouri, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Bullion, Adair, Missouri, United States.
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- Samuel R Merrill, "United States Census, 1870"
- Samuel R Merrill, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007"
- Samuel R. Merrill, "Find A Grave Index"
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1825 · The Crimes Act
The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
1841
Historical Boundaries: 1841: Adair, Missouri, United States
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
Welsh and English: from a female personal name of Celtic origin, found in Welsh as Meriel and Meryl and in Irish as Muirgheal, earlier Muirgel (‘sea-bright’).
English: habitational name from one or more of the many places whose names derive from Middle English mirie, merie, murie ‘merry, pleasant’ (Old English myrge) + hill, hell, hull ‘hill’ (Old English hyll), including two places called Merry Hill in Staffordshire and a third in Hertfordshire.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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