When Lewis B Medaris was born about 1858, in Georgia, United States, his father, James Rufus McDaris, was 26 and his mother, Martha Jane Reid, was 17. He lived in Tennessee, United States in 1870 and Bradley, Tennessee, United States in 1880.
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Civil War History - Some 11,000 Georgians gave their lives in defense of their state a state that suffered immense destruction. But wars end brought about an even more dramatic figure to tell: 460,000 African-Americans were set free from the shackles of slavery to begin new lives as free people.
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.
Variant of Medearis , a surname of Portuguese and Galician origin.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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