When Demarius Etheridge was born about 1811, in Wilkinson, Georgia, United States, her father, Merritt "Merit" Etheridge, was 34 and her mother, Hopie Mackey, was 32. She married John Marion Wheeler Jr on 8 April 1834, in Wilkinson, Georgia, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in District 328, Wilkinson, Georgia, United States in 1860. She died after 1880.
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A barroom brawl in Savannah on Tuesday, November 12, 1811, had international impact. An American seaman boasted of having joined the crew of a French vessel, likely named La Vengeance. Others became upset at the idea of the American joining a foreign nation and a brawl erupted. The county coroner asked for peace but was beaten with clubs. A second clash occurred the following day when French sailors attacked five American seaman. A day after the second attack, twenty French sailors attacked six Americans. Four of them escaped but two were beaten and stabbed. Jacob Taylor died on the scene and a rigger named Collins died the following day. By Friday, a full scale riot erupted when the French crewmen arrested on murder charges were released. Many were arrested and French ships La Vengeance and La Franchise were burned. In the end, the incident caused disruptions in French-American relations and affected shipping and trade.
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
from the Middle English personal name Etherich, a variant of Old English Æthelrīc (see Aldridge ).
sometimes perhaps a variant of Edridge, from the Middle English personal name Edrich, Edrick (Old English Ēadrīc, from ēad ‘prosperity’ + rīc ‘powerful’).
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Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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