Benjamin Marrs

Brief Life History of Benjamin

When Benjamin Marrs was born in 1850, in Logan, Virginia, United States, his father, Joseph Marrs, was 37 and his mother, Nancy C. Preston, was 38. He lived in Logan, Logan, Virginia, United States in 1850.

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Family Time Line

Joseph Marrs
1813–1888
Nancy C. Preston
1813–
Augustus Preston Marrs
1842–1928
Amanda Marrs
1846–
Daniel Howard Marrs
1848–
Benjamin Marrs
1850–
Wesley Marrs
1853–
Edward Fernandes Marrs
1855–
Louisa Marrs
1857–1933

Sources (1)

  • Benjn Marrs in household of Joseph Marrs, "United States Census, 1850"

World Events (8)

1861 · The Battle of Manassas

The Battle of Manassas is also referred to as the First Battle of Bull Run. 35,000 Union troops were headed towards Washington D.C. after 20,000 Confederate forces. The McDowell's Union troops fought with General Beauregard's Confederate troops along a little river called Bull Run. 

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

Name Meaning

English: variant of Marr , with post-medieval excrescent -s.

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

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