Brief Life History of James Marion
When James Marion Myers was born on 16 February 1870, in Swain, North Carolina, United States, his father, Samuel Lafayette Myers, was 28 and his mother, Esther Eliza Sawyer, was 23. He married Martha Palestine Bradshaw on 6 September 1891, in Swain, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Cheoah, Graham, North Carolina, United States in 1880. He died on 27 May 1895, in River Township, Warren, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 25.
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- James M Myers in household of Sameul Myers, "United States Census, 1880"
- J M Myres, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 "
- J M Myres, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 "
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World Events (6)
1872 · The First National Park
Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.
1877 · Last Troops Leave
In 1877, the last of the troops that were occupying North Carolina left.
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.
Name Meaning
Irish (Tipperary, Limerick and Waterford): Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Meidhir ‘descendant of Meidhir’, with post-medieval excrescent -s. Meidhir is a personal name based on meidhir ‘mirth’.
English (northern): variant of Myer , with post-medieval excrescent -s.
English (northern): habitational name from one or more of the minor placenames derived from Middle English mire ‘marsh’ (Old Norse mýrr) in the plural form, such as Melmerby Mire in Melmerby, or Mires in Docker (both Cumbria).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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