Brief Life History of William Henry Harrison
When William Henry Harrison McLane was born on 30 July 1850, in Franklin, Ohio, United States, his father, John McLane, was 35 and his mother, Susan Armstrong, was 25. He married Elisabeth Minkler on 14 July 1873, in Gage, Nebraska, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. He lived in Panama, Lancaster, Nebraska, United States in 1910 and Lancaster, Nebraska, United States in 1920. He died on 18 February 1939, in Lincoln, Lancaster, Nebraska, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in Crab Orchard Cemetery, Crab Orchard, Johnson, Nebraska, United States.
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- William Melain in household of John Melain, "United States Census, 1870"
- William McLane, "Nebraska Marriages, 1855-1995"
- William Henry Harrison McLane, "Find a Grave Index"
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1854
Historical Boundaries: 1854: Unorganized Federal Territory, United States 1854: Nebraska Territory, United States 1854: Pierce, Nebraska Territory, United States 1855: Lancaster, Nebraska Territory, United States 1867: Lancaster, Nebraska, United States
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
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
Scottish: variant of McLean .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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