When Cynthia Ann Yearns was born in 1813, in Kentucky, United States, her father, John B. Yearns, was 20 and her mother, Sarah Kepper, was 17. She married Henry Grayson on 10 March 1833, in Decatur, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Geneva Township, Jennings, Indiana, United States for about 10 years. She died in June 1877, in Calistoga, Napa, California, United States, at the age of 64, and was buried in Dallas, Polk, Oregon, United States.
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Indiana is the 19th state.
The western part of Kentucky purchased by Andrew Jackson from the Chickasaw Indians in 1818. It became known as the Jackson Purchase. This included land that wasn't originally part of Kentucky when it became a state.
The Louisville and Portland canal opened in 1830. It was a 2 mile canal. It helped with the barrier caused by the Falls of the Ohio River at Louisville by making a route around them.
Scottish: habitational name from the district of The Mearns, an alternative name for Kincardineshire, or from Mearns in Renfrewshire. The placenames derive from Gaelic An Mhaoirne ‘the Stewartry, area under the jurisdiction of a steward’, and is also known to have been adopted in Ireland for Ó Mearáin, see Marron .
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