Mary Zehrung

Brief Life History of Mary

When Mary Zehrung was born on 10 November 1817, in Fairfield, Ohio, United States, her father, Johann Adam Zehrung Sr, was 26 and her mother, Christina Jane Bruner, was 21. She married Jacob Miller on 20 September 1836, in Delaware, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 7 daughters. She lived in Butler Township, DeKalb, Indiana, United States for about 10 years and Butler, DeKalb, Indiana, United States in 1880. She died on 18 April 1882, in DeKalb, Indiana, United States, at the age of 64, and was buried in Cedar Creek Cemetery, Cedar, Butler Township, DeKalb, Indiana, United States.

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Family Time Line

Jacob Miller
1812–1881
Mary Zehrung
1817–1882
Marriage: 20 September 1836
David Zehrung Miller
1838–1916
Isabella Miller
1842–
Matilda Miller
1848–
James miller
1840–
Charles Wesley Miller
1842–1864
Mary Ellen Miller
1844–1881
Elizabeth P Miller
1846–1871
Susannah Malinda Miller
1849–1874
Precia Jane Miller
1852–1905
Samuel Henry Harrison Miller
1855–1936
Emma Naomah Miller
1860–1928

Sources (10)

  • Mary Miller in household of Perry Fitch, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Mary Saving, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"
  • Mary Zehrung Miller, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1819 · Panic! of 1819

With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years. 

1825 · State Capital Moves to Indianapolis

The state capital was moved from Corydon to Indianapolis on January 10, 1825.

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.

Name Meaning

German: derivative of Middle High German zeren ‘to spend, to consume, to use up, to destroy’, probably a nickname for a spendthrift or extravagant person.

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

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