Brief Life History of Mary Elizabeth
When Mary Elizabeth Whitmer was born on 18 December 1849, in Bremen, Logan, Kentucky, United States, her father, John W. Whitmer, was 49 and her mother, Susannah Gossett, was 41. She married John Dave Gish on 26 October 1880. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She lived in District 1, Spencer, Kentucky, United States in 1860 and Summer's Magisterial District, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States for about 10 years. She died on 19 January 1887, in Bremen, Logan, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 37, and was buried in Shiloh Cemetery, Murray, Calloway, Kentucky, United States.
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- Elizabeth Whitmore in household of John W Whitmore, "United States Census, 1870"
- Mary E Whitmer, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
- Mary Elizabeth Whitmer Gish, "Find A Grave Index"
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1850 · 8th Most Populated State
According to the 1850 census Kentucky was the 8th most populated state with 982,405 people.
1861
Kentucky sided with the Union during the Civil War, even though it is a southern state.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Whitmore .
Americanized form of German Wittmeyer or of Wittmer .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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