Brief Life History of Meshack James
When Meshack James Dearinger was born on 22 October 1820, in Madison, Jefferson, Indiana, United States, his father, Jacob Dearinger, was 33 and his mother, Nancy Cook, was 25. He married Matilda Ann Loucks on 31 August 1843, in Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Pella, Marion, Iowa, United States in 1880 and Marion, Iowa, United States in 1895. He died on 12 August 1901, in Iowa, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Indianapolis Cemetery, Indianapolis, Mahaska, Iowa, United States.
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- Meshack Dearinger, "Iowa State Census, 1895"
- Meshach Dearinger, "Indiana Marriages, 1780-1992"
- U.S., Civil War Draft Registrations Records, 1863-1865
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1821 · Financial Relief for Public Land
A United States law to provide financial relief for the purchasers of Public Lands. It permitted the earlier buyers, that couldn't pay completely for the land, to return the land back to the government. This granted them a credit towards the debt they had on land. Congress, also, extended credit to buyer for eight more years. Still while being in economic panic and the shortage of currency made by citizens, the government hoped that with the time extension, the economy would improve.
1822
Historic Boundaries 1822: Marion, Indiana, United States
1845
Historical Boundaries: 1845: Iowa Territory, United States 1845: Marion, Iowa Territory, United States 1846: Marion, Iowa, United States
Name Meaning
Americanized form of German Dieringer or Thüringer (see Thuringer ), or, alternatively, perhaps a shortened and altered form of Swiss German Därendinger, a variant of Derendinger, a habitational name for someone from Derendingen in the canton of Solothurn.
History: Bearers of the surname Dearinger trace their origin to Michael Dearinger and his brother(s), who were born in the middle of the 18th century in Westmoreland County, PA. Their original surname was probably Thüringer (their father was reportedly Johannes Thüringer from Zweibrücken in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, where the surname Dieringer is still found), but according to some other sources their ancestors were surnamed Därendinger and lived in Switzerland and/or Alsace, France (where the surname is still found in the form Derendinger).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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