Brief Life History of Mary Margaret
When Mary Margaret Marsh was born on 15 January 1840, in Ohio, United States, her father, James Marsh, was 28 and her mother, Eliza Follick Stewart, was 21. She married Cary M. Palmer on 17 September 1863, in Fountain, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Millcreek Township, Fountain, Indiana, United States in 1870 and Salem Township, Allen, Kansas, United States for about 20 years. She died on 16 August 1927, in Humboldt, Allen, Kansas, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Humboldt, Allen, Kansas, United States.
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- Mary M Palmer in household of Carey Palmer, "United States Census, 1870"
- Legacy NFS Source: Mary Margaret Morris - Government record: birth-name: Mary Margaret Morris
- Mary M Morris, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019"
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World Events (8)
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1857
Historical Boundaries: 1857: Allen, Kansas Territory, United States 1861: Allen, Kansas, United States
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
English: topographic name for someone who lived by or in a marsh or fen, Middle English mersch (Old English mersc), or a habitational name from any of various minor places called with this word, for example in Yorkshire, Shropshire and Buckinghamshire.
Americanized form of German Marsch .
Americanized form of Slovenian Marš: unexplained. Compare Mars 7.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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