When Mary Etta Beech was born on 10 September 1815, in New York, United States, her father, Benjamin Beech, was 26 and her mother, Sarah Clark, was 23. She married Nathan Mendenhall on 16 September 1830, in Warren, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in West River Township, Randolph, Indiana, United States for about 10 years. She died on 5 January 1853, in Buena Vista Cemetery, Union Township, Randolph, Indiana, United States, at the age of 37, and was buried in Buena Vista Cemetery, Union Township, Randolph, Indiana, United States.
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Indiana is the 19th state.
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During the years 1799 to 1827, New York went through a period of gradual emancipation. A Gradual Emancipation Law was passed in 1799 which freed slave children born after July 4, 1799. However, they were indentured until 25 years old for women and 28 years old for men. A law passed 1817 which freed slaves born before 1799, yet delayed their emancipation for ten years. All remaining slaves were freed in New York State on July 4, 1827.
English: variant of Beach .
Americanized form of German or Alsatian Bitsch (see Beach ) or of some other similar (like-sounding) surname.
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