Brief Life History of Jeremiah Merritt
When Jeremiah Merritt Greene was born on 12 August 1829, in Palermo, Oswego, New York, United States, his father, Jedediah Greene, was 32 and his mother, Chloe Lucretia Merritt, was 32. He married Martha Helen Gilbert in 1853, in New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 daughters. He lived in Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States in 1880 and East Cleveland Township, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States in 1900. He died on 13 January 1916, in East Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States.
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- Jerniah Greene in household of Carrie G Williams, "United States Census, 1910"
- Unknown, "Ohio, County Death Records, 1840-2001"
- Jeremiah M Green, "Ohio, Cleveland Cemetery Interment Records, 1824-2001"
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1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
1836 · The Bridge War
On Halloween, tension between Cleveland and Ohio City began to boil over. Both sides of the river armed themselves with muskets and a cannon over the Columbus Street Bridge. These tensions were brought about because the bridge's location was diverting commercial attention away from Ohio City completely and the way that their concerns were being treated. Cleveland's mayor tried to reason with the enraged citizens but was greeted with a volley of rocks. No deaths were recorded but three men were injured.
1860 · Perry Monument on Public Square
The Perry Monument was erected at the center of Public Square to commemorate the victory of the Battle of Lake Erie by Oliver Hazard Perry. It was Ohio's first monumental sculpture. It has since been moved to Fort Huntington Park.
Name Meaning
English and Irish: variant of Green . In North America, this surname has assimilated cognates from other languages.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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