When Mary Amelia Bateman was born on 14 February 1850, in Ohio, United States, her father, Penrod Bateman, was 29 and her mother, Elizabeth P Mears, was 30. She married Jasper Beard on 15 April 1875, in Muskingum, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 4 daughters. She lived in Mercer, Illinois, United States in 1910 and Greene Township, Mercer, Illinois, United States in 1930. She died on 4 June 1931, in Aledo, Mercer, Illinois, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Aledo Cemetery, Aledo, Mercer, Illinois, United States.
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William Rand opened a small printing shop in Chicago. Doing most of the work himself for the first two years he decided to hire some help. Rand Hired Andrew McNally, an Irish Immigrant, to work in his shop. After doing business with the Chicago Tribune, Rand and McNally were hired to run the Tribune's entire printing operation. Years later, Rand and McNally established Rand McNally & Co after purchasing the Tribune's printing business. They focused mainly on printing tickets, complete railroad guides and timetables for the booming railroad industry around the city. What made the company successful was the detailed maps of roadways, along with directions to certain places. Rand McNally was the first major map publisher to embrace a system of numbered highways and erected many of the roadside highway signs that have been adopted by state and federal highway authorities. The company is still making and updating the world maps that are looked at every day.
Historical Boundaries: 1856: Mercer, Illinois, United States
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.
English: from the Middle English personal name Bateman, Bat(te)man, and in the West Midlands of England Batemon, a pet form of Bate or Batte with the hypocoristic suffix -man.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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