Brief Life History of Susan Catherine
When Susan Catherine Morrell was born on 18 January 1840, in Carter, Tennessee, United States, her father, John S Morrell, was 26 and her mother, Elizabeth Mottern, was 32. She married Andrew Johnson Curtis on 22 December 1860, in Carter, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Civil District 13, Carter, Tennessee, United States in 1900 and Elizabethton, Carter, Tennessee, United States in 1910. She died on 12 June 1922, in Watauga, Carter, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Carter, Tennessee, United States.
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Sources (24)
- Susan Curtis in household of Andy J Curtis, "United States Census, 1870"
- Susanna Morrell, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"
- Susan Catherine Morrell Curtis, "Find A Grave Index"
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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.
1846
Tennessee was known as the Volunteer State because during the Mexican War the government asked Tennessee for 3,000 volunteer soldiers and 30,000 joined.
1862 · Battle of Shiloh
The battle of Shiloh took place on April 6, 1862 and April 7, 1862. Confederate soldiers camp through the woods next to where the Union soldiers were camped at Pittsburg Landing on the Tennessee River. With 23,000 casualties this was the bloodiest battle of the Civil War up to this point.
Name Meaning
English (northern): from the medieval personal name Morel, a diminutive of Middle English or Old French More. Compare Moore .
Americanized form of French Morel . Compare Morell 3.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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