Brief Life History of McKinzey M.
When McKinzey M. Myers was born on 22 March 1842, in Davidson, North Carolina, United States, his father, Ambrose Myers, was 34 and his mother, Susan Ann Carroll, was 27. He lived in Hardeman, Tennessee, United States in 1850. He died on 19 May 1862, in Davidson, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 20, and was buried in Hughes Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Conrad Hill Township, Davidson, North Carolina, United States.
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Sources (5)
- M Myers in household of Burrell Lambith, "United States Census, 1850"
- McKinley M Myers, "North Carolina, Church Records (birth), 1700-1970"
- McKinley M Myers, "North Carolina, Church Records (death), 1700-1970"
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World Events (5)
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1846
Tennessee was known as the Volunteer State because during the Mexican War the government asked Tennessee for 3,000 volunteer soldiers and 30,000 joined.
1853 · First State Fair
The first state fair in North Carolina was held in Raleigh and was put on by the North Carolina State Agricultural Society in 1853. The fair has been continuous except for during the American Civil War and Reconstruction and WWII.
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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