Brief Life History of Susan Emeline
When Susan Emeline Platt was born on 2 May 1839, in Marion, South Carolina, United States, her father, Daniel A Platt, was 22 and her mother, Elizabeth J Rogers, was 21. She married Joseph Andrew Berry about 1866, in South Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Manning Township, Marion, South Carolina, United States in 1880 and Manning Township, Dillon, South Carolina, United States in 1910. She died on 26 January 1912, in Dillon, South Carolina, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Magnolia Cemetery, Latta, Dillon, South Carolina, United States.
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- Susan Berry in household of N T Berry, "United States Census, 1860"
- Susan Emaline Platt Berry, "Find A Grave Index"
- Mrs Susan Platt Berry in entry for Colonel Colonel Platt Berry, "United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011"
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1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1860
In 1860, South Carolina quit the United States because its citizens were in favor of slavery and President Lincoln was not. The Civil War started a year later.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
English: Middle English plat, platte ‘flat surface’ (Anglo-Norman French plat, plast), often with the senses ‘footbridge’ or ‘plot of land’. The name may be topographic, for one who lived near such a feature, or habitational, from a place so named, such as Platt in Manchester or Platt Bridge in Wigan (both Lancashire).
Jewish (Ashkenazic): nickname from German platt ‘flat’.
German: variant of Platte 3.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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