Brief Life History of Andrew Jackson
When Andrew Jackson Messersmith was born on 16 December 1861, in Plymouth, Marshall, Indiana, United States, his father, Ephraim Messersmith, was 20 and his mother, Elizabeth Busenburg, was 19. He married Mary C. Cramer on 13 April 1892, in Pulaski, Indiana, United States. He lived in Tippecanoe Township, Pulaski, Indiana, United States in 1910 and Winamac, Monroe Township, Pulaski, Indiana, United States for about 10 years. He died on 25 February 1932, in Pulaski, Indiana, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Winamac, Monroe Township, Pulaski, Indiana, United States.
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- Andrew J Messersmith, "United States Census, 1930"
- A J Messersmith, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007"
- Andrew J Messersmith, "Find A Grave Index"
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1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1871
In 1871, a cow kicked over a lantern, causing a fire that burned down half of Chicago. Today this city is the third largest in the US.
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
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Americanized form of German Messerschmidt .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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