When Orin Merchant was born on 16 September 1862, in Newton Township, Calhoun, Michigan, United States, his father, George Reynolds Merchant, was 44 and his mother, Elsje Eliza Brott, was 43. He married Ester "Etta" A. Gleason on 28 March 1889, in Newton Township, Calhoun, Michigan, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Michigan, United States in 1870. He died on 22 November 1938, in Battle Creek, Calhoun, Michigan, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Marshall, Calhoun, Michigan, United States.
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Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
After the second state capitol had been destroyed, Michigan Governor Henry P. Baldwin initiated the passing of a bill that would cover the costs for a new building. The bill was adopted and raised over $1 million by a six year state income tax. Architect Elijah E. Myers' design named Tuebor, or I will defend, was selected and he was commissioned to design the new capitol building. The renaissance revival brick and sandstone building soared 267 feet from the ground and was dedicated on January 1, 1879.
A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.
English: occupational name for a buyer and seller of goods, from Old French, Middle English march(e)ant, Late Latin mercatans (see Marchand ).
Indian (Gujarat and Mumbai): Muslim and Parsi occupational name for a trader, from the English vocabulary word merchant.
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