Brief Life History of Thomas Jefferson
When Thomas Jefferson Myers was born on 29 April 1805, in Lincoln, Kentucky, United States, his father, Elijah Myers Sr., was 21 and his mother, Hannah Barnett, was 25. He married Mary Ann Turpin in 1834, in Nevada, Vernon, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Del Norte, California, United States in 1860 and Missouri, United States in 1870. He died in 1876, in Nevada, Vernon, Missouri, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Nevada, Vernon, Missouri, United States.
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- Thomas Myers, "United States Census, 1850"
- Thomas J Myers, "Oregon, Oregon State Archives, Death Records, 1864-1967"
- Legacy NFS Source: Thomas Jefferson Myers - Cemetery record or headstone: burial: 1876; Vernon, Missouri, United States
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1808
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
1812
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
1825 · The Crimes Act
The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
Name Meaning
Irish (Tipperary, Limerick and Waterford): Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Meidhir ‘descendant of Meidhir’, with post-medieval excrescent -s. Meidhir is a personal name based on meidhir ‘mirth’.
English (northern): variant of Myer , with post-medieval excrescent -s.
English (northern): habitational name from one or more of the minor placenames derived from Middle English mire ‘marsh’ (Old Norse mýrr) in the plural form, such as Melmerby Mire in Melmerby, or Mires in Docker (both Cumbria).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Thomas Jefferson Myers bio
Courtesy of Vernon County, Missouri GenWeb http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~movernon/bios/myers_thomas.htm D.J. Miles provides the following information from Audrey Prindel-Broadley, a researcher o …
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