When Thomas Jefferson Myers Sr. 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.
Do you know Thomas Jefferson? Do you have a story about him that you would like to share? Sign In or Create a FREE Account
+7 More Children
+5 More Children
During the New Madrid earthquakes of 1811-1812, the Kentucky Bend or New Madrid Bend was created. It is located in the southwestern corner of Kentucky on the banks of the Mississippi River.
Historical Boundaries: 1818: Lincoln, Missouri, United States
The Louisville and Portland canal opened in 1830. It was a 2 mile canal. It helped with the barrier caused by the Falls of the Ohio River at Louisville by making a route around them.
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.
Possible Related NamesCourtesy 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 …
As a nonprofit, we offer free help to those looking to learn the details of their family story.