Brief Life History of John J.
When John J. Moorman was born on 7 June 1833, in Liberty Township, Clinton, Ohio, United States, his father, Samuel Moorman, was 41 and his mother, Lucy W. Johnson, was 33. He married Lydia H. Whinery on 9 February 1860, in Clinton, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Jefferson Township, Greene, Ohio, United States in 1860 and Ohio, United States in 1870. In 1870, his occupation is listed as stone mason in Xenia, Greene, Ohio, United States. He died on 14 June 1881, in Liberty Township, Clinton, Ohio, United States, at the age of 48, and was buried in Maple Grove Cemetery, Port William, Liberty Township, Clinton, Ohio, United States.
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- John Mormon, "United States Census, 1860"
- John J. Moorman, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-1997"
- John J. Moarman, "Ohio, County Death Records, 1840-2001"
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1836 · Remember the Alamo
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
1836 · Kirtland Temple Dedicated
On March 27, 1836, the Kirtland Temple was dedicated.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
English (Isle of Wight and Gloucestershire): topographic or occupational name from Middle English more ‘moor, marsh, fen’ + man ‘man’, either in the sense ‘person who lives on a moor’ or ‘official who is responsible for an area of moor or the grazing on it’.
Dutch: variant of Moerman .
Americanized form of North German Moormann: variant of Mohrmann .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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