Minerva Emeline Truman

Brief Life History of Minerva Emeline

When Minerva Emeline Truman was born on 17 June 1820, in Shelby, Kentucky, United States, her father, William Washington Truman Jr., was 37 and her mother, Emma Grant Shipp, was 32. She married George W. Middleton on 13 September 1842, in Shelby, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons. She lived in Nodaway Township, Andrew, Missouri, United States in 1860 and Lincoln Township, Andrew, Missouri, United States in 1870. She died on 30 June 1895, in Andrew, Missouri, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Hackberry Cemetery, Lincoln Township, Andrew, Missouri, United States.

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Family Time Line

George W. Middleton
1808–1856
Minerva Emeline Truman
1820–1895
Marriage: 13 September 1842
William T. Middleton
1843–1905
George Washington Middleton
1847–1909
James S. Middleton
1849–

Sources (10)

  • Minerva O Middleton, "Missouri-United States Census, 1870"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Minerva E. Truman - Government record: Census record: birth: about 1820; Kentucky, United States
  • M O Trueman, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"

World Events (8)

1821 · Financial Relief for Public Land

A United States law to provide financial relief for the purchasers of Public Lands. It permitted the earlier buyers, that couldn't pay completely for the land, to return the land back to the government. This granted them a credit towards the debt they had on land. Congress, also, extended credit to buyer for eight more years. Still while being in economic panic and the shortage of currency made by citizens, the government hoped that with the time extension, the economy would improve.

1830 · Louisville and Portland Canal Opens

The Louisville and Portland canal opened in 1830. It was a 2 mile canal. It helped with the barrier caused by the Falls of the Ohio River at Louisville by making a route around them.

1841

Historical Boundaries: 1841: Non County Area, Missouri, United States 1841: Andrew, Missouri, United States

Name Meaning

English: variant of Trueman .

Jewish (from Latvia): habitational name for someone from a Latvian village, the Russian name of which is Trumany.

Possibly an Americanized form of German Trumann, a variant of Trautmann .

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

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