Brief Life History of Harriet Minerva
When Harriet Minerva Weathermon was born on 9 July 1857, in Clyde, Nodaway, Missouri, United States, her father, Isaac Newton Weatherman, was 31 and her mother, Sarah Ann Hobson, was 26. She lived in Missouri, United States in 1870. She died on 13 June 1878, in Clyde, Nodaway, Missouri, United States, at the age of 20, and was buried in Guilford, Nodaway, Missouri, United States.
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- Minerva Weatherman in household of Sarah A Weatherman, "United States Census, 1870"
- Legacy NFS Source: Harriet Minerva Weathermon -
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World Events (8)
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1863 · The Battle at Gettysburg
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.
1865
Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
Name Meaning
English (Cheshire): occupational name for a shepherd, in particular one who castrated rams, from Middle English wether ‘wether, castrated ram’ + man ‘man’. This surname is now rare in Britain.
Americanized form of German Wettermann (see Wetterman ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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