Brief Life History of Mercy
When Mercy Bowen was born in 1845, in Potton, Missisquoi, Canada East, British North America, her father, Shubael H. Bowen Sr., was 39 and her mother, Sarah Sargent, was 27. She married Horace R. Allen on 22 August 1869, in Richford, Franklin, Vermont, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She lived in Morgan, Orleans, Vermont, United States in 1910. She died on 24 May 1919, in Brattleboro, Windham, Vermont, United States, at the age of 74.
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- Mary Allen in household of Horace Allen, "United States Census, 1880"
- Horace Allen & Mercy Bowen, Marriage - "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954 - Marriage"
- Mercy Allen, Death - "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954"
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1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1864 · St. Albans Raid
St. Albans Raid took place on October 19, 1864. It was a Confederate raid from Canada into Union territory. Confederate soldiers that were in Canada raided the town of St. Albans killed one person and robbed three banks.
1865
Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
Name Meaning
Welsh: Anglicized form of Welsh ap Owain ‘son of Owain’ (see Owen ), with fused patronymic marker (a)p, which is normally voiced before a vowel.
Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Buadhacháin ‘descendant of Buadhachán’, a diminutive of Buadhach ‘victorious’ (see Bohan ).
Irish: used to ‘translate’ Ó Cnáimhín ‘descendant of Cnáimhín’, a personal name meaning ‘little bone’ or ‘little body’, see Nevin 1.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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