When Nancy Ellen Acre was born on 5 March 1847, in Clay, Indiana, United States, her father, Jesse Acre, was 28 and her mother, Hyleigh McCullough, was 25. She married Lewis Catterlin on 9 December 1869, in Clay, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Cass Township, Clay, Indiana, United States in 1900 and Posey Township, Clay, Indiana, United States for about 10 years. She died on 13 August 1921, in Staunton, Posey Township, Clay, Indiana, United States, at the age of 74.
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Historical Boundaries: 1851: Clay, Indiana, United States
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
This Act was to restrict the power of the President removing certain office holders without approval of the Senate. It denies the President the power to remove any executive officer who had been appointed by the president with the advice and consent of the Senate, unless the Senate approved the removal during the next full session of Congress. The Amendment was later repealed.
English: variant of Acker 2 (or Ackers without the excrescent -s).
In some cases also an Americanized form of Norwegian Aakre , German or Dutch Acker or Aker (see also Achor ), and possibly also of some other similar (like-sounding) Scandinavian or German surname.
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