Brief Life History of Melissia A
When Melissia A Merrell was born on 23 May 1830, in North Carolina, United States, her father, Jesse Merrell, was 33 and her mother, Martha Pugh, was 31. She married Rev. Reuben Patterson Swain in April 1846, in McNairy, McNairy, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Tishomingo, Mississippi, United States in 1860 and Tennessee, United States in 1870. She died on 20 June 1905, in Woodland, Red River, Texas, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Woodland Cemetery, Woodland, Red River, Texas, United States.
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- Melicia Swain in household of R P Swain, "United States Census, 1850"
- Melissa A Merrill Swain, "Find A Grave Index"
- Melisee Merrell in entry for Aurelaus Swain, "Tennessee Deaths, 1914-1966"
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1835 · The Hermitage is Built
The Hermitage located in Nashville, Tennessee was a plantation owned by President Andrew Jackson from 1804 until his death there in 1845. The Hermitage is now a museum.
1844 · German Immigration to Texas
Over 7,000 German immigrants arrived in Texas. Some of these new arrivals died in epidemics; those that survived ended up living in cities such as San Antonio, Galveston, and Houston. Other German settlers went to the Texas Hill Country and formed the western portion of the German Belt, where new towns were founded: New Braunfels and Fredericksburg.
1850 · Compromise of 1850
The United States Congress passed a package of five separate bills in an attempt to decrease tensions between the slave states and free states. The compromise itself was received gratefully, but both sides disapproved of certain components contained in the laws. Texas was impacted in several ways; mainly, the state surrendered its claim to New Mexico (and other claims north of 36°30′) but retained the Texas Panhandle. The federal government also took over the public debt for Texas.
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English: variant of Merrill .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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