Brief Life History of John
When John McCormick was born on 31 December 1842, in Vincennes Township, Knox, Indiana, United States, his father, Edward Shuler McCormick, was 24 and his mother, Mary Ann Price, was 21. He married Sarah Elizabeth Smithmeier on 4 January 1870, in Knox, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 7 daughters. He lived in Harrison Township, Henry, Indiana, United States in 1880 and Johnson Township, Knox, Indiana, United States in 1900. He died on 5 July 1904, in Vincennes Township, Knox, Indiana, United States, at the age of 61, and was buried in Knox, Indiana, United States.
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Sources (25)
- John Mc Cormic, "United States Census, 1880"
- Legacy NFS Source: John McCormick - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: John McCormick
- John McCormick, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019"
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World Events (8)
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1858
Historical Boundaries: 1858: Knox, Indiana, United States
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
Irish and Scottish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Cormaic ‘son of Cormac’, a personal name based on corb ‘raven’ + mac ‘son’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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