Brief Life History of Ira
When Ira Mix Jr. was born on 9 February 1819, in Vermont, United States, his father, Ira Mix, was 43 and his mother, Lurenda Brown Clark, was 36. He married Elizabeth Ann Veatch on 21 June 1841, in Pickaway, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Palatine, Cook, Illinois, United States in 1850 and Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States for about 10 years. He died on 21 November 1879, in New York, United States, at the age of 60, and was buried in Deer Grove, Whiteside, Illinois, United States.
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- Ira Mix in household of Patrick Murtaugh, "United States Census, 1870"
- Legacy NFS Source: Mix - Government record: birth-name: Mix
- Ira Micks, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"
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1820 · Making States Equal
The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.
1827 · Slavery Becomes Illegal in New York State
During the years 1799 to 1827, New York went through a period of gradual emancipation. A Gradual Emancipation Law was passed in 1799 which freed slave children born after July 4, 1799. However, they were indentured until 25 years old for women and 28 years old for men. A law passed 1817 which freed slaves born before 1799, yet delayed their emancipation for ten years. All remaining slaves were freed in New York State on July 4, 1827.
1836 · Remember the Alamo
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
Name Meaning
Altered form of English Meeks .
German: from an old vernacular short form of the Latin personal name Remigius (see Remy ).
Americanized form of German Miksch .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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