When George Perry was born about 1839, in Bethany, Genesee, New York, United States, his father, Alexander G Perry, was 29 and his mother, Alice G Wait, was 21. He married Mary Lucretia Lord on 3 October 1862, in Madison, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in New York, United States in 1870 and Linden, Bethany, Genesee, New York, United States in 1880. He died in 1913, in Genesee, New York, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Maple Lawn Cemetery, East Bethany, Bethany, Genesee, New York, United States.
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U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
The Battle of Gettysburg involved the largest number of casualties of the entire Civil war and is often described as the war's turning point. Between 46,000 and 51,000 soldiers lost their lives during the three-day Battle. To honor the fallen soldiers, President Abraham Lincoln read his historic Gettysburg Address and helped those listening by redefining the purpose of the war.
Welsh: Anglicized form of Welsh ap Herry ‘son of Herry’, a variant of the personal name Harry (see Harris ).
English: topographic name for someone who lived near a pear tree (Middle English piri(e), peri(e), puri(e), Old English pirige, pyrige), or a habitational name for someone who owned or came from a place so named. This surname and a number of variants have been established in Ireland since the 17th century.
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