Brief Life History of Robert Parker
When Robert Parker Myers was born on 31 July 1854, in Seneca, Ohio, United States, his father, Joseph Myers, was 51 and his mother, Mary Elizabeth Warren, was 37. He married Mary Ann Cook on 28 March 1875, in Seneca, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Ohio, United States in 1870 and Liberty Township, Crawford, Ohio, United States in 1900. He died on 29 April 1921, in Bucyrus, Crawford, Ohio, United States, at the age of 66, and was buried in Bucyrus, Crawford, Ohio, United States.
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- Park R Myers, "United States Census, 1910"
- Robert P Myers, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"
- Robert Park Myers, "Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953"
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1860 · Ohio supports the Union side of the Civil War
Although divided as a state on the subject of slavery, Ohio participated in the Civil War on the Union's side, providing over 300,000 troops. Ohio provided the 3rd largest number of troops by any Union state.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1872 · The First National Park
Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.
Name Meaning
Irish (Tipperary, Limerick and Waterford): Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Meidhir ‘descendant of Meidhir’, with post-medieval excrescent -s. Meidhir is a personal name based on meidhir ‘mirth’.
English (northern): variant of Myer , with post-medieval excrescent -s.
English (northern): habitational name from one or more of the minor placenames derived from Middle English mire ‘marsh’ (Old Norse mýrr) in the plural form, such as Melmerby Mire in Melmerby, or Mires in Docker (both Cumbria).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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