Brief Life History of Hugh Laird
When Hugh Laird McMeen was born on 8 March 1836, in Juniata, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Josiah McMeen, was 43 and his mother, Margaret Jane Junk, was 40. He married Eliza Edith Sweringen about 1855, in Reeds Gap, Tuscarora Township, Juniata, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Tuscarora, Turbett Township, Juniata, Pennsylvania, United States for about 10 years and Tuscarora Township, Juniata, Pennsylvania, United States in 1900. He died on 12 August 1904, in Honey Grove, Tuscarora Township, Juniata, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in McCullochs Mills Cemetery, Honey Grove, Tuscarora Township, Juniata, Pennsylvania, United States.
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- J L McMeen in household of Joseph McMeen, "United States Census, 1850"
- Hugh L. McMeen, "Pennsylvania Deaths and Burials, 1720-1999"
- Hugh L Mcmun in entry for Charles M Mcmun and Ida A Kunkle, "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950"
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1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1863 · Battle of Gettysburg
The three day Battle of Gettysburg was one of the bloodiest of the American Civil War. Between the Confederates and Unions, somewhere between 46,000 and 51,000 people died that day.
Name Meaning
Irish (northern) and Scottish: possibly a shortened variant of McMeekin .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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