When Philena Murdock was born on 20 August 1807, in Uxbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, her father, Fuller Murdock, was 26 and her mother, Esther Taft, was 21. She married Samuel French Merriam on 15 December 1833, in Uxbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She died on 31 January 1835, in her hometown, at the age of 27, and was buried in Prospect Hill Cemetery, Uxbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States.
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Atlantic slave trade abolished.
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
Scottish and Irish: variant of Scottish Murdoch .
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