When Jacob Marion Eyman was born on 23 October 1840, in Randolph, Indiana, United States, his father, Daniel Harry Eyman, was 46 and his mother, Sarah Weir, was 47. He married Mary Louisa Rench in 1865, in Bond, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Saint Clair Township, St. Clair, Illinois, United States in 1850. He died on 7 November 1884, at the age of 44.
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The State of Indiana was near bankruptcy in 1841 due to the inability to repay interest incurred for the Massive Internal Improvement Act. The state liquidated much of its public works. Many of the projects were handed over to the state’s creditors as a way to reduce debt. Only two of the eight proposed infrastructure projects were completed by the creditors.
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
William Rand opened a small printing shop in Chicago. Doing most of the work himself for the first two years he decided to hire some help. Rand Hired Andrew McNally, an Irish Immigrant, to work in his shop. After doing business with the Chicago Tribune, Rand and McNally were hired to run the Tribune's entire printing operation. Years later, Rand and McNally established Rand McNally & Co after purchasing the Tribune's printing business. They focused mainly on printing tickets, complete railroad guides and timetables for the booming railroad industry around the city. What made the company successful was the detailed maps of roadways, along with directions to certain places. Rand McNally was the first major map publisher to embrace a system of numbered highways and erected many of the roadside highway signs that have been adopted by state and federal highway authorities. The company is still making and updating the world maps that are looked at every day.
Americanized form of German Eymann .
In some cases possibly also Dutch: variant, archaic or Americanized, of Eijman, from a pet form of Ey, a short form of an ancient Germanic (Frisian) personal name based on the element agi ‘sword’, formed with man ‘man’, in this connection meaning ‘sonny, laddie’. The surname Eyman is also found in South Africa.
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