Brief Life History of Benjamin Franklin
When Benjamin Franklin Merry was born on 14 April 1831, in Florida, Montgomery, New York, United States, his father, Jirah Merry, was 54 and his mother, Hannah Jones, was 41. He married Catherine Norton on 3 October 1849. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in Illinois, United States in 1870. He died on 3 December 1870, in Pesotum, Champaign, Illinois, United States, at the age of 39, and was buried in Mount Hope Cemetery, Urbana Township, Champaign, Illinois, United States.
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- Benjame Mervy, "United States Census, 1860"
- Legacy NFS Source: Benjamin Merry - Government record: Census record: birth-name: Benjamin Merry
- B E Merry in entry for Chas D Merry and Eva Stone, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"
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1832 · The Black Hawk War
Convinced that a group of Native American tribes were hostile, The United States formed a frontier militia to stop them in their tracks. Even though Black Hawk was hoping to avoid bloodshed while trying to resettle on tribal land, U.S. officials opened fire on the Native Americans. Black Hawk then responded to this confrontation by successfully attacking the militia at the Battle of Stillman's Run and then left northward. After a few months the militia caught up with Black Hawk and his men and defeated them at the Battle of Wisconsin Heights. While being weakened by hunger, injuries and desertion, Black Hawk and the rest of the many native survivors retreated towards the Mississippi. Unfortunately, Black Hawk and other leaders were later captured when they surrendered to the US forces and were then imprisoned for a year.
1833
Historical Boundaries: 1833: Champaign, Illinois, United States
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
English: nickname from Middle English merie, mirie, murie ‘merry, pleasant’ (Old English myrge). Compare Merriman .
Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Mearadhaigh, Ó Meardha ‘descendant of Mearadhach, a descendant of Meardha’, personal names derived from an adjective meaning ‘lively, wild, or high-spirited’. Where Irish dh has been Anglicized as g, there is possible confusion with Merrick .
French: variant of Mery 1.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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