Clara or Clarissa Mercyra Hotchkiss

Brief Life History of Clara or Clarissa Mercyra

When Clara or Clarissa Mercyra Hotchkiss was born on 12 October 1864, in Grundy, Illinois, United States, her father, Constant Columbus Hotchkiss, was 42 and her mother, Clarissa Stephana Frost, was 35. She married Morton Ellsworth Reagan on 6 May 1885, in Raymond, Lancaster, Nebraska, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in Wauponsee, Grundy, Illinois, United States in 1880 and Oak Election Precinct, Lancaster, Nebraska, United States in 1885. She died on 13 August 1893, in Raymond, Lancaster, Nebraska, United States, at the age of 28, and was buried in Oak Creek Cemetery, Raymond, Lancaster, Nebraska, United States.

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Family Time Line

Morton Ellsworth Reagan
1864–1919
Clara or Clarissa Mercyra Hotchkiss
1864–1893
Marriage: 6 May 1885
Earl Frost Reagan
1886–1958

Sources (10)

  • Clara Hotchkist in household of C C Hotchkiss, "Nebraska State Census, 1885"
  • Clara Hotchkiss, "Nebraska Marriages, 1855-1995"
  • U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current

World Events (8)

1865

Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.

1871

In 1871, a cow kicked over a lantern, causing a fire that burned down half of Chicago. Today this city is the third largest in the US.

1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii

In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.

Name Meaning

English (Shropshire): variant of Hodgkin , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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