Harrison Mohr

Brief Life History of Harrison

When Harrison Mohr was born on 10 June 1834, in Upper Milford Township, Lehigh, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Johannes Mohr, was 42 and his mother, Anna Bouchart, was 23. He married Sarah Buchert about 1875, in Zionsville, Upper Milford Township, Lehigh, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Maxatawny, Maxatawny Township, Berks, Pennsylvania, United States in 1880 and Allentown, Lehigh, Pennsylvania, United States in 1900. He registered for military service in 1862. He died on 29 May 1901, in Kutztown, Berks, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 66, and was buried in Kutztown, Berks, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Family Time Line

Harrison Mohr
1834–1901
Sarah Buchert
1840–1917
Marriage: about 1875
Mary B Mohr
1860–1904
Wayne Mohr
1877–
John Mohr
1862–1881
Sylvanus Mohr
1864–1929
Emma B Mohr
1866–1945
Jemina Mohr
1869–1956
Annie Mohr
1871–1952
William B Mohr
1874–1953
Cyrus Brothers MOHR
1876–1916
Harrison "Harry" M H Mohr
1879–1939
Rev. Edwin Amos Mohr
1881–1946
Lizzie S Mohr
1884–1903

Sources (15)

  • Harrison B Mohr, "United States Census, 1880"
  • Solomon Harrison Mohr, "Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Births and Baptisms, 1520-1999"
  • Harrison S B Mohr, "Pennsylvania, Register of Military Volunteers, 1861-1865"

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World Events (8)

1836 · Remember the Alamo

Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

Name Meaning

North German: topographic name for someone who lived in a fen, Middle Low German mōr.

German, Jewish (Ashkenazic), Danish, and Dutch (of German origin): nickname for a man of swarthy complexion, from Middle High German mōr, German Mohr, and Middle Dutch moor ‘Moor’.

German: from a short form of an old personal name, Morhart (see Morath ).

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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