Brief Life History of Emma Ola
When Emma Ola Merritt was born on 9 May 1879, in Buena Vista, Ouachita, Arkansas, United States, her father, William Allen Merritt, was 41 and her mother, Sarah Jane Elizabeth Hardy, was 38. She married Edward Henry Andrews on 7 November 1895, in Columbia, Arkansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Shelby, Texas, United States in 1950 and Rusk, Texas, United States in 1963. She died on 24 January 1963, in Timpson, Shelby, Texas, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Timpson, Shelby, Texas, United States.
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- Emma O Andrews, "United States 1950 Census"
- Emma Merritt, "Arkansas Marriages, 1837-1944"
- Emma Ola Andrews, "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976"
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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.
1885
Historical Boundaries: 1885: Shelby, Texas, United States
1901 · Spindletop Oilfield Discovered
Spindletop, located south of Beaumont, becomes the first major oil well to be discovered in Texas. Other fields were discovered in shortly after, which ultimately led to the highly impactful "oil boom".
Name Meaning
English: variant of Merriott , Marriott , or Marritt. The last of these is most often a variant of Merriott or Marriott , but possibly in some instances from Middle English Marret or Merret, a syncopated form of Margaret, Mergeret.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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