When Michael Curtis Disher was born on 16 September 1861, in North Carolina, United States, his father, Joseph Ephraim Disher, was 26 and his mother, Sarah Ann Evans, was 23. He married Nancy Caroline Motsinger on 27 December 1882, in Forsyth, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Winston Township, Forsyth, North Carolina, United States for about 10 years and Forsyth, North Carolina, United States in 1920. He died on 28 June 1920, in Winston-Salem, Forsyth, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 58.
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On February 7, 1862, General Burnside's expedition started with the Battle of Roanoke Island. The battle was mostly fought by the Union and Confederate Navy's. This was a Union victory.
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
In 1877, the last of the troops that were occupying North Carolina left.
Americanized form of German Discher ‘joiner’.
English and Scottish: occupational name for a maker or seller of dishes (Middle English disher(e)), from an agent derivative of Middle English dish, diss, disc ‘dish’. In London, dishers (also known as turnours) were makers of wooden measures for wine and ale. Each disher had his own mark, which was stamped on the bottom of each measure he made. Samples of marks were required to be submitted to the Chamberlain.
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