Othniel Pratt Parcher

Brief Life History of Othniel Pratt

When Othniel Pratt Parcher was born on 6 July 1833, in Chesterville, Franklin, Maine, United States, his father, John B Parcher, was 33 and his mother, Matilda Pratt, was 30. He married Betsey E. Hersey on 30 April 1859, in Maine, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He died on 25 October 1904, in Dexter, Penobscot, Maine, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Dexter, Penobscot, Maine, United States.

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Othniel Pratt Parcher
1833–1904
Betsey E. Hersey
1839–1903
Marriage: 30 April 1859
Walter Forest Parcher
1860–1919

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  • Othniel P Parcher, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Otheneal Parcher, "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900"
  • Othniel P. Parohen, "Maine Marriages, 1771-1907"

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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.

1838

Historical Boundaries: 1838: Franklin, Maine, United States

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

Name Meaning

Probably an altered form of German Bartscher .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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