Samuel Morrison Conner

Brief Life History of Samuel Morrison

When Samuel Morrison Conner was born in 1846, in Indiana, United States, his father, William Thomas Connor, was 33 and his mother, Rachael Indiana Ewing, was 28. He married Cora Moore on 4 May 1876, in Perry, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Deer Creek, Anderson Township, Perry, Indiana, United States in 1850 and Cannelton, Perry, Indiana, United States for about 50 years. He died on 25 January 1917, in Perry, Indiana, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Cannelton, Perry, Indiana, United States.

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Family Time Line

Samuel Morrison Conner
1846–1917
Cora Moore
1852–1929
Marriage: 4 May 1876
Delia Conner
1873–1888
Neoma Conner
1875–1913
Samuel M. Conner
1877–1949
Harry Conner
1879–1937
Mildred G. Connor
1882–1939
Margeret "Maggie" Conner
1888–1893

Sources (12)

  • Morrison Connor, "United States Census, 1900"
  • Morrison Connor, "Indiana Death Index, 1882-1920"
  • Morrison Connor in entry for Harry Connor, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019"

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: variant of Connor .

English: occupational name for an examiner or inspector, especially of ale, from Middle English connere, cunnere ‘inspector’, an agent derivative of cun(nen) ‘to examine’.

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

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