Brief Life History of Jacob Townsend
When Jacob Townsend Myers was born on 7 January 1861, in Canton, Fulton, Illinois, United States, his father, David Myers, was 41 and his mother, Anna Maria Boswell, was 27. He married Mary C. Lawson about 1884, in Canton, Fulton, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Joshua Township, Fulton, Illinois, United States in 1880 and Fulton, Illinois, United States in 1900. He died on 12 February 1921, in Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 60.
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- Townsend J Myres, "United States Census, 1900"
- Townsend J Myers, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
- Townsend J Myers in entry for Emma Maud Myers, "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007"
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1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1869 · Transcontinental Railroad Reaches San Francisco
The first transcontinental railroad reached San Francisco in 1869. The Western Pacific Railroad Company built the track from Oakland to Sacramento. The Central Pacific Railroad Company of California built the section from Sacramento to Promontory Summit Utah. The railroad linked isolated California to the rest of the country which had far-reaching effects on the social and economical development of the state.
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
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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