Brief Life History of John Wesley
When John Wesley Carmichael was born on 25 January 1844, in Hobbieville, Center Township, Greene, Indiana, United States, his father, Thomas Grubbs Carmichael, was 30 and his mother, Polley Ferguson, was 24. He married Anna Elizabeth Sare on 1 January 1862, in Hobbieville, Center Township, Greene, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Peach Orchard Township, Ford, Illinois, United States in 1880 and Hastings, Adams, Nebraska, United States in 1920. He registered for military service in 1865. He died on 27 August 1921, in Seattle, King, Washington, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Parkview Cemetery, Hastings, Adams, Nebraska, United States.
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- John W Carmichael in household of Thomas G Carmichael, "United States Census, 1850"
- John W Carmichael Jr, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007"
- John W Carmichael, "Nebraska, Grand Army of the Republic, Burial Records, 1861-1948"
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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.
1865
Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
Name Meaning
Scottish (Scotland and northern England): habitational name from Carmichael in Lanarkshire, from Brittonic caer ‘fort’ + the personal name Michael .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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